Word: wonder
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...dream of a four-minute mile, once considered a physical impossibility seemed a lot closer to reality last week. An Australian agricultural student named John Landy, who had never beaten 4:10 in his life, suddenly raced through the most sparkling mile performance since Gunder ("The Wonder") Haag's world record...
...wonder if those same people from England, France, Belgium, Holland and Switzerland who are in the "Save-the-Rosenbergs" movement made a similar appeal for the eleven Communist leaders who were hanged in Czechoslovakia...
...Dear Mr. Eisenhower," it read, "In the hustle & bustle of visiting the islands, we wonder if such a man as you doesn't get a little weary with the luncheons, teas and dinners? . . . If you have a spare hour or two and would like to relax, please consider our home as your own . . . We . . . would treasure the memory of your visit for a lifetime . . . We promise not to mention statehood for Hawaii, Korea, your Cabinet-or Mr. Truman. We will ask you about Mamie, your children, your grandchildren, and let you play with our six-months-old son . . . Hope...
When redheaded Paul C. (for Clifford) Smith became editor of the San Francisco Chronicle 15 years ago, he was the wonder boy of journalism. Only 29, Editor Smith soon cured the ailing Chronicle, broadened its horizon to include columns heavy with culture, foreign news and features. He picked up new readers steadily, experimented with such ideas as departmentalizing the news, developed a staff studded with columnists and breezy local writers. During World War II, he resigned from the Navy, after serving as a lieutenant commander, to enlist as a private in the Marines, did combat duty in the Pacific...
Then Quincy's Acting Police Chief William Ferrazzi got into the act. One night as he was lying in bed he decided that Lady Wonder had just gotten her words a little garbled in transmission. She had really meant Field & Wilde's water pit, an abandoned local quarry. It all came to him, said Ferrazzi later "just like a boot in the rear end." He hurried to tell Dewing. So last week the quarry was drained and the boy's body was found...