Word: tuckered
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...prelates objected, in letters to Presiding Bishop Henry St. George Tucker, 69. They also sent copies to the Church's 150-odd bishops (average age of active bishops: 60). Bishop Manning claimed that the retirement rule did not apply to him - he was 77 when it passed. And he had other reasons for refusing to retire. He could understand compulsory retirement, he said, in an organization like the Army & Navy, where there is no question of the "deep sacredness and spiritual reality" that exists between a bishop and his diocese. "But is this a fitting procedure," he asked...
...JACK M. TUCKER...
...Sophie Tucker, last of the Red-Hot Mamas (see cut), emitted great waves of sexagenarian heat at Manhattan's Copacabana nightclub. A 179-lb. wraith of her former self, she wowed her audience with numbers from Some of These Days (which she introduced in 1909) to Mairzy Doats, rocked the club with a doubly meaningful closing act called "Dr. Tucker's Remedy." Said Miss Tucker: "Oldtime circuit vaudeville will never come back, but my show is the same as it has always been; favorites last. Everyone, everyone is so friendly, and as for my friend," she gestured across...
...laid down its own basic propositions ("Six Pillars") for a "just and durable peace." Now, this late in the war, churchmen had grave doubts whether such a peace was in prospect. These doubts were solemnly stated to the President last week by: the ranking Episcopal bishop, Henry St. George Tucker; a prominent Methodist, Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam; and John Foster Dulles, international lawyer. After 40 minutes facing
...quietly with her mother, spends most of her days in her studio. The U.S. bird series now numbers ten pairs. Among them: goldfinches, chickadees, indigo buntings, Baltimore Orioles, mockingbirds. One of the fortunate owners of a complete set of Doughty birds: former director of National Audubon Society Mrs. Carll Tucker...