Word: aura
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...pride and pleasure were evident in Johnson's handling of his press conference. So, too, was the new-found aura of presidential dignity, a blend of artless good humor and consummate professional skill. The impression was heightened by his birthday-week decision to wear plastic-rimmed spectacles, which make him look older, instead of the contact lenses with which he has previously disguised his hyperopia for the benefit of the TV audience. As he gazed at the "people eater," the combination close-up camera and teleprompter that all but obscures the President from his audience, he looked...
Most of the space gear stood up well, and much of it did better than anticipated, though malfunctions gave the flight a touch-and-go aura all the way. Two rocket thrusters jammed; the fuel-cell system was a constant problem. But the spacemen were pleasantly surprised by the capabilities of other equipment. Gemini's ultra-high-frequency radio transmitter, for example, showed remarkable clarity. Said Chris Kraft: "We're up there to learn systems performance and how to handle problems-and we're getting a good workout...
...pretentious title, does raise some valuable questions. Couching his attack in quasi-socialist terms, Hennessey asks if the revolution of the past century can continue, now that the concept of revolution in art has become generally accepted. He merely asks, however, and does not answer. Hennessey also pinpoints the aura of democracy which is presently forming the artistic taste of much of he college generation...
...just all this conventional wholesome aura that makes Glenn remarkable. It's almost impossible to believe that he's for real, not a screen fiction or a male advertising manikin. It's almost impossible to believe he's for real, he is such an embodiment of the traditional American ideal. Describe him to a Cliffie and she would call him uncool; introduce him to her and she'd flip...
...bowed last year to Lodge's desire to return to the U.S. and try to head off Barry Goldwater for the Republican presidential nomination. Johnson and Lodge are old Capitol Hill colleagues and they speak the same language, although with different accents. As a Republican, Lodge lends an aura of bipartisanship to the U.S.'s Viet Nam policy at a time when G.O.P. criticism of that policy is rising. During his previous Saigon stint, Lodge earned the respect, if not the affection, of South Viet Nam's feuding political and religious factions...