Word: befitting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...anecdotes, and observations into a five-minute broadcast. One piece begins with a breezy description of the development of Palm Beach Florida--a quiet retreat which, Cooke sadly notes, was created by and for "the fastidiousness of the very rich" not by the act of the legislature, as would befit the U.S.'s democratic pretensions. This is only a prelude to the core of the talk, where Cooke sketches, in only two pages, the strange combination of pomp and efficiency surrounding any United States President, but particularly John F. Kennedy--"the grandson of the Irish saloonkeeper and ward heeler...
...indifference to the way opponents knee and trip and hook him, that performance in Detroit explains why Hull's peers as well as his public regard him with something approaching awe. Yet respect, even adulation, are intangibles. Hockey has also given Hull the tangible trappings that befit its reigning king. Chicago is paying Bobby $40,000 this season, and if the second-place Black Hawks can overcome the Montreal Canadiens' eight-point lead in the East Division-or better yet, win the Stanley Cup-there will be some fancy bonus money as well. Next year, Hull says...
...statement continued, "Until now there have been too few organized efforts to accord sustained teaching and research on these problems the institutional standing and commitment which befit their importance, and which are required to attract and hold the best minds. We see the programs announced today as a first large step in that direction...
...statement continued, "Until now there have been too few organized efforts to accord sustained teaching and research on these problems the institutional standing and commitment which befit their importance, and which are required to attract and hold the best minds. We see the programs announced today as a first large step in that direction...