Word: veteran
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...they tolerated the practice of goldfishing because it enabled even tone-deaf children to share in the fun, and might eventually develop latent musical talent in some of the unpromising. There was also something to be said, perhaps, for the training in dramatics that the goldfish received. Reported one veteran chorister: "The ones who don't sing always have the most expression on their faces...
Nobody knows how many Americans play handball (rough guess: 1,000,000) because all the game really needs is a hard rubber ball and a back fence. Last week the pick of U.S. players, including back-fence alumni as well as veteran club players, met in Chicago for the U.S. Handball Association Championship...
...Last month, when the party met in a closed session and barely (by a vote of 113 to 104) passed a resolution supporting the inclusion of Germany in Western defenses (TIME, March 8), the respected weekly London Observer (circ. 475,609) reported the meeting fully. The Observer's veteran parliamentary reporter and novelist (Fear No Evil), Hugh Massingham, even included such details as Nye Bevan's letting "off a few spirited quips about the stupidity and dishonesty of some of his colleagues," and Clement Attlee's announcing "through pipe puffs that 'I'm told this...
...paper work and time-wasting procedures. They have been doing the same thing the same way for so long that they resist efforts toward a speedup. A 1952 analysis showed that 27.5% of the staff were 60 or older and 37.8% were between 50 and 60. Says a veteran staffer: "Nobody ever retires from the ICC. Departure is only by death...
Married. Elizabeth Montgomery, 20, daughter of Robert Montgomery, veteran cinemactor turned television producer (Robert Montgomery Presents) and White House TV adviser; and Frederic Gallatin Cammann, 24, TV casting director; in Manhattan...