Word: younger
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...watch the secret ceremony of her high school sorority. What she saw horrified her; she could only hope it was not a fair sample of U.S. initiations. U.S. friends assured her that it was not typical of college sororities, but could not assure her that it was unique among younger girls. This was what...
Last week, in Manhattan's Carnegie Hall, slim, courtly Jacques Thibaud, looking much younger than his 66 years, made his first U.S. appearance in 15 years. In the audience were Violinists Fritz Kreisler, Mischa Elman and Nathan Milstein. Concertgoers used to the opulent Russian-style fiddling of Heifetz and Milstein had to pay sharp attention to Thibaud's delicate and smaller tone, but the effort was worth it. Thibaud played the violin solo in Lalo's melodious, tricky-rhythmed Symphonie Espagnole with the Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra. He had to come on stage six times to take bows...
Prince Chichibu, younger brother of Hirohito, let go some princely reflections on current U.S. letters: "I try to read all the comics in Stars & Stripes. ... I like Blondie because through her I get an idea of the American way without straining my brains. But Dick Tracy and Moon Mullins are not very funny to me. . . . Terry and the Pirates are a mere children's story. . . . Li'l Abner is a cartoon I can't understand...
Sawing & Skiing. Work details at Cardigan are voluntary; goldbricks who shirk them get a cold shoulder from their buddies, but no other punishment. Cardigan officially frowns on "highly competitive sports [which] do more harm than good" for younger boys, gives them plenty of hiking, fishing, skating and skiing instead. On its 140 acres, the school also owns an old mill with a water-driven saw, where students will make furniture under the eye of a teacher who used to be foreman in a furniture shop...
...known facts about Marian Anderson's personal life are few. She was born (in Philadelphia) some 40 years ago (she will not tell her age). Her mother had been a schoolteacher in Virginia. Her father was a coal & ice dealer. There were two younger sisters...