Word: turning
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...group of exiles appear from a neighboring village which has been sacked by the Turks for aiding Greek resistance, and the town must now decide whether to shelter them at the risk of incurring Turkish wrath. Content with prosperous servitude, the village's Orthodox pope and his council turn them away, telling the town that the strangers have cholera. The pope justifies this lie as a figure of speech--the exiles bear the "cholera" of rebellion and anarchy...
...reason why charts can predict a rise, says he, is a simple one. "When the top officers know that a company has taken a turn for the better, they start buying the stock themselves, or tell their friends. This buying shows up on the chart. As a new pattern forms, it is not hard to project what the stock should...
...Chalk should know. He has run up a $10 million-plus fortune by making every dollar turn over many times-through borrowing. Son of a Russian immigrant shopkeeper, Chalk grew up in The Bronx (his neighbors were George and Ira Gershwin, and he fielded sandlot grounders batted by Lou Gehrig), rode the subways to New York University Law School ('31). With loans and his skimpy earnings as a young attorney, he bought Bronx apartments at Depression prices, later cashed in on World War II's real estate boom. Typical Chalk deal: in 1942 he bought the 16-story...
Esprit de Cortège. In Memphis, anxious to save time, Motorist Tom Kimbrough switched on his lights, joined a funeral procession, rolled steadily through red lights, eventually tried to turn into a side street, heard the voice of the law behind him ("Hey, buddy. Back in line. You joined the procession. Now stay in it"), ended up in the cemetery, where the cop made him stay for the services...
...Castro disappointed many who had anticipated an inflammatory address, but his conviction, humor, and obvious anxiety to persuade his listeners soon won their support. The Cuban leader's frequently disarming unfamiliarity with English made him turn occasionally to an interpreter, and once he even drew help from a member of the audience. Dean Bundy, who introduced the speaker on behalf of the Law School forum and the University, seemed rather out of place as he shared the elevated platform with the Latin revolutionary and his bearded attendants...