Word: tripped
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...recent trip to the Pacific Coast I met Hollywood Producer Arthur Hornblow Jr., who told me that his forthcoming picture, Conspirator, had been inspired by a story he had read in TIME. He took me to see several sequences from it, and I asked him in turn to write me about the chain of events that led to its being produced. Here is his story...
...office, headlong Louis Ruppel gave short, private courses in his razzle-dazzle school of journalism. Tearing out a clipping from the New York Times, he bellowed to one writer in his best Front Page manner: "Follow this up!" Summoning another staffer whose bags were packed for a trip to Europe to do a series of articles, Ruppel told him abruptly: "Your junket is off." Big Quentin Reynolds, a top Collier's drawing card, emerged pink and piqued from a personal audience. Several freelance writers who brought in stories assigned by the pre-Ruppel regime got quick service; their pieces...
Experience gave the Crimson its margin of superiority. The varsity has had the benefit of fall and spring workouts, as well as a vacation trip to the south. On the other hand, BU, never a tennis power, has found time for but a few scattered workouts this spring and has met no other intercollegiate competition...
Among the other wartime experiences of Conant brought out in the article is his December 1945 trip to Moscow with Secretary of State Byrnes, to discuss atomic energy control with the Russians. He was entertained at a Christmas Eve dinner, "a supergala performance," in which Molotov served as toastmaster. After wading through a large number of toasts in "oceans of vodka, champagne, wine, and brandy," Molotov allegedly stood up and said "here is this man Conant, who probably has an atomic bomb in his pocket with which he could blow us all to tiny pieces..." He never finished. Stalin jumped...
Coach Jack Barnaby has juggled his lineup a bit since the end of the vacation trip. Billiard Hughes, formerly number five man, will move up to number four on the basis of his victories in the Army and Navy matches. Jack Frey drops down to Hughes' old number five position...