Word: walke
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...good boy," wrote a mother to her son, "and get a haircut." It was too late. Airman Third Class Donald Wheeler, 20, stationed near Tokyo, did not "want to walk down the street looking like a shaved jackass," so he was court-martialed...
...fellows. To satisfy this urge, densely packed cities have yielded up their most precious commodity-space-to create the great, timeless squares, piazze, places and Plätse. The best and most famous are the squares of Europe, handsome units of big-city living, often breathtakingly beautiful, exciting to walk through, and a breath of fresh air amidst the clutter of urban living. Against their splendid backdrops have unrolled many of the high moments of history. Through the centuries they have served as inspiration and model for the world's great architects...
...Artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901) have such a long trunk and short legs, walk so badly? To Paris Pediatrician Gaston Levy, the Moulin Rouge explanation (bone fractures at the ages of 13 and 14) is silly. His own "highly probable hypothesis'': the artist suffered from polyepiphyseal dysplasia, or defects at the bone ends, where growth takes place. This fitted the known facts that Toulouse-Lautrec appeared normal as an infant, had poor growth from the age of nine, thereafter had difficulty getting up from a chair, and walked in a clumsy duck waddle...
...Khrushchev in Czechoslovakia last week: "What will the policy be like? This is a stupid question. What will happen? Everybody knows what will happen. We will do the same, but with more emphasis." The emphasis where peace was concerned: "Trust in God, but look out for yourselves. When you walk among dogs, don't forget to carry a stick. After all, this is what a hound has teeth for, to bite when he feels like it." On the subject of controlling the people: "The party leadership must not be divorced from the ranks of the party and must...
...detention camp in Colorado, graduated from California's San Jose State College and lit out for New York and (she hoped) Europe before settling for a teaching career. In Manhattan her money dribbled away. To pay the rent Pat was willing to try anything, landed a walk-on spot in the road company of Teahouse of the August Moon. Cast members heard her after-hours warbling, urged her to go professional. She memorized The Rodgers and Hart Song Book, was signed by the Colony at first hearing...