Word: afoul
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Last week in a "not-for-attribution" speech before a Washington meeting of the American Society of Newspaper Editors, Vice President Richard M. Nixon fell afoul of these journalistic niceties. As soon as he finished his speech, reporters crowded around, asked Nixon if they could pin his words on a "high Government official." Nixon agreed, and newspapers all over the U.S. played up two Page One news stories, both from a "high Administration official." One story reported that he said the U.S. may throw troops into Indo-China if the French pull out, while the other quoted the anonymous official...
This ban again came into prominence when the Boston Symphony Orchestra signed up with NBC. Because of the Orchestra's new status the Glee Club's joint concerts run afoul of the University ruling. But in view of the mutual advantages of the concerts, Dean Watson has indicated that the Administration may waive the regulation in this case...
18th Century France (The Devil's Laughter, by Frank Yerby; Dial). In the turmoil of Revolution and Terror, a third-estate hero runs afoul of a villainous second-estate chap, toys with a tawny-haired demimondaine whose kisses curl his toes inside his boots, but nobly marries Fleurette, a blind flower girl...
Briefly noting a table with five official Navy models that students try to identify, we moved on to a replica of a ship's bow standing about four feet high. Because many shipboard accidents occur when NROTC lubbers run afoul of the anchor chain, there is a complete anchor rigging to teach Harvard's sailors where not to stand when the anchor drops...
...military and financial control of the tiny kingdom of Jordan (whose British-trained Arab Legion is the Arab world's finest army) and its army base on the island of Cyprus. Faced with getting out of the Suez, the British at first talked of expanding Cyprus, but ran afoul of Cyprus' lack of harbors and the disfavor of the Cypriotes. The Libya pact was the answer, and an adroit...