Word: whit
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...being left-or right-handed," and concluded that homosexuals should be given admittance into the military should they meet the other requirements. The Pentagon's response? It "called the study 'unfortunate' and wrote that 'it has it has expended considerable government resources and has not assisted us one whit in our personnel security program." (Boston Globe, 10/29.) Though all current evidence points to the contrary, the military refuses to change its policy denying the worth and attacking the abilities of such a significant portion of our student body...
...products that ITT executives had blocked. Among them: Winterizer, a compound that protects lawns during the winter. ITT management, Seitz says, had feared that Winterizer might sabotage sales of other Scott lawn-care products. But it has become the company's second biggest seller without hurting overall revenues a whit: Scott's sales rose 16% last year, to $187 million, and are expected to top the $200 million mark this year...
...cutting edge of journalism, but also as evidence of the unique quality we put between our covers. The Hancock Award is one of 46 prizes TIME has won this year. The July 27, 1987, cover story, "The Gorbachev Era," earned the Overseas Press Club's Hallie and Whit Burnett Award as the best general magazine story on foreign affairs. "Air Travel -- How Safe Is It?" (Jan. 12, 1987) picked up an Award of Excellence from the Aviation-Space Writers Association. "Who's Bringing Up Baby?" (June 22, 1987) examined the day-care crisis and won an Exceptional Merit Media Award...
Most of the letters were written to Whit Burnett, Salinger's teacher and the editor of Story magazine; Elizabeth Murray, a friend; Judge Learned Hand, a New England neighbor; and Hamish Hamilton and Roger Machell, the author's British publishers. The young Salinger was full of strong opinions and pithy wisecracks. His view of U.S. publishing: "Everybody over here who's ever taught Senior English for a couple of semesters, or worked for a good upholsterer, has considered himself qualified to collect and edit a short story anthology...
Nearly 900 people gathered to listen as he joined the Harvard Jazz Band and jazz greats James Williams, Gray Sargent, Whit Browne and Alan Dawson in a two-hour concert in his honor. The 80-year-old Carter's musical career spans 65 years, and includes a Grammy Award for lifetime achievement...