Word: touche
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Possession of the Business School touch football crown will be determined today when the old meet the young at 3 p. m. on Soldiers Field...
...fast, he works hard on defense to make up for his lack of agility. Against smaller men he is a potential high-scorer with his hook shot. Lionette is being pressed at center by sophomore Ed Blodnick, who is two inches taller but no faster. Blodnick has a good touch on the ball, especially on jump shots from inside the foul circle...
...religion at Harvard. They said no to President Conant. The President was in poor health at the time, so he told Provost Buck about the idea. The Provost was busy with the extra work the extra work the president's illness had given him, so he got in touch with Dean Bender. Buck and Bender formed a committee, and the Committee investigated...
...nightspot bar on Key West's Duval Street, a full-bloused songstress named Rae Waller was tickling the patrons' ears with a new song about Harry Truman. (Sample verse: "Bar pianos strain their glands/For the touch of Harry's hands.") Yet while the song poked fun at him, Key West's most important tourist was more than welcome in the southernmost city...
...impressed by Nance's work as a member of WPB's advisory board for industry. He was already a veteran in the electrical industry, had managed Frigidaire's commercial refrigeration department, bossed Zenith Radio's wartime production. Charlie Wilson liked his zip, enthusiasm and selling touch. He sent him to Chicago in 1946 as executive vice president of a G.E. subsidiary then called Edison General Appliance Co. The company's chief value was its brand name, Hotpoint, first nationally advertised appliance in the U.S. As president, Nance took full advantage of the brand immediately...