Word: account
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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HAROLD NICOLSON: DIARIES AND LETTERS, 1930-1939, edited by Nigel Nicolson. One might as well try to put aside chocolates as this aristocrat's account of the fashions and foibles of prewar London...
...against him: that he had raised $99,600 in contributions for congressional candidates in 1962, only to pocket most of it himself. Then what became of the money? In reply, the former Senate Democratic secretary invoked the name of a man who could not possibly dispute or corroborate his account. He had given the cash, Baker claimed, to Democratic Senator Robert S. Kerr shortly before the Oklahoma millionaire died...
...charm largely disarmed his critics, especially among the press. When one newsman jibed at Ky's renowned skill with a pistol, the Premier coolly offered to set up a match: "We'll shoot for a case of Australian beer." A Communist reporter who disputed Ky's account of conditions in South Viet Nam was invited on a Ky-conducted tour of his nation, and quickly accepted...
...subject matter helps. In his second Look installment of the Death of a President. William Manchester is dealing with true historical drama-the assassination of President Kennedy. In this case, his Jackie Kennedy-authorized access to the people involved helps produce an authoritative, powerful account of the Dallas tragedy. Politics are left aside, and those caught up in the event emerge as neither heroes nor villains. The Secret Service is pictured some what confused and leaderless, but other than that, no one involved should have anything to complain about-unless it is the personal pain of having to relive...
Galbraith contends that commissioning an authorized account, as the Kennedys did, was the best possible way to deal with the history of the assassination. He suggests three alternatives: Mrs. Kennedy could have written a history herself; she could have given access to all private recollections and papers involved, to anyone who wished it; or she could have maintained complete silence...