Word: barrelers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...military budget. White-thatched Homer Ferguson, 66, is noted for gentle friendliness, dogged fact-searching (during the Pearl Harbor probe, he grilled General Marshall for a week running) and as a worrier, particularly about things that offend his sense of rectitude, e.g., the congressional pork barrel. Twelve years a Senator, he was defeated last fall by Democrat Patrick McNamara. His legislative experience should stand Ambassador designate Ferguson in good stead for working out pending trade and defense agreements with the Philippines and for continuing the spirit of cordiality which Raymond Spruance developed with Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay...
...Ercoupe. At first he wanted to use frozen Lake Mendota, near Madison, for his circular runway, but the city council said no. Last fortnight he set up his apparatus on the ice of Lake Kegonsa, a safe distance from Madison. The spindle and hub were attached to a steel barrel frozen into the ice and guyed solidly. A double strand of woven nylon, 400 ft. long, led to a quick-release fixture under a wing of the airplane...
...flowers. His style was mannered-in his most ardent moments he bent stiffly from the waist and closed his eyes-and he gave the impression of overseeing the music rather than participating in it. When the score called for a punchy chord, his baton descended as if through a barrel of oil, and the orchestra hesitated a full second before it sounded...
...friend of Amaryliss-Ann, applies her tonal qualities in a manner to give added gusto to the song "Snake Oil." An exotic Radcliffe enticer, Sheila Tobias whirls through "Mink on My Mind." Miss Tobias is smooth with her lines, although she appeared slightly embarrassed while enclosed in a barrel...
...voice pitched high, said: "I suppose blackjacking is a strong word, and if it is unparliamentary, I will withdraw it. But coming from Indiana, it well looks to me like this is a sort of blackjacking operation to put the President and a lot of us over the barrel by saying, 'Well, if you do not take this $20, you are jeopardizing the excise extension and the 52% corporation...