Word: weeded
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Once the tourist reaches the Soviet Union, the hand that guides him is Intourist, a state monopoly whose official title is the All-Union Stock Company for Foreign Tourism. Founded in 1929, Intourist had shrunk to a shadow at the time of Stalin's death, grew like a weed in the tourist thaw that followed. Though all its stock is owned by the government, Intourist still uses the forms of a capitalist corporation, holds annual stockholders' meetings attended by representatives of Soviet ministries. It also turns over to the U.S.S.R. Bank of Foreign Trade a healthy capitalistic profit...
...lives quietly, avoids Washington's social swim. In the office from 8:30 to 7:30 p.m. six days a week, he often goes home to a brace of martinis and dinner, then straight to bed. He smokes sporadically, munches Life Savers to cut down on the weed, carries his head at a peculiar starboard tilt (he says he picked up the habit while trying to dodge low-slung overheads aboard ship). Gates has not had a full-fledged vacation in six years, manages only a few hours at a time for golfing (mid-80s), boating with his wife...
...years Anaconda Co. was the press lord of Montana, owning seven dailies* in five of the state's major cities. Last week Anaconda's Board Chairman Clyde Weed announced that the company aimed to sell all seven papers. Behind the decision is the story of how Anaconda bought newspapers to consolidate its hold on Montana, came to discover that they were doing the company more harm than good...
Perhaps less can be said for John Cazale and Mary Weed, who played the lovers George Gibbs and Emily Webb. Mr. Cazale's hair is somewhat thinner than one would expect in a sixteen-year-old, and at times he mumbled more like a troubled suburbanite than a New Hampshire swain. Certainly nothing could be said against Miss Weed's interpretation of Emily, which became truly moving in the final scene of the play. But she looked "dressed down" to meet the sixteen-year-old requirement, and was simply not the willowy schoolgirl expected...
...main reason behind this paucity of hits was a brilliant effort by Quaker pitcher Weed. the day before the game, Shepard mentioned that if coach Jack McCloskey started Weed, Pennsylvania would have a slight edge. This prediction unfortunately proved quite true. Equipped with an excellent curve, which was his main pitch, Weed had the Crimson batters constantly off balance, and the Quakers had little trouble with the resultant pop flies and grounders...