Word: best
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...point: loyal G.O.P. voters in upstate New York might well resent the cancellation, not to mention the slight to national party unity. Morhouse hurriedly called back to say go ahead with the telecast. Right on schedule, Nixon delivered his TV speech-which even stony-hearted critics ruled as the best of his political career...
...does the U.S.S.R. measure up as a military threat? The best-informed opinion, based on scientific detection, intelligence and other estimates: despite advances in missilery, the Reds are considerably less powerful than many U.S. commentators have claimed. To assault the U.S., the Russians would have to coordinate a surprise attack against the West's military complex on three continents, would simultaneously have to hit targets twelve minutes away in Europe, 120 minutes away in North Africa, twelve hours and more away in the U.S. Until the day when intercontinental missiles are much closer to perfection, the Russians cannot surprise...
...series might do against the newest Russian fighter, the MIG-21. Nor is there much fresh information about the new Soviet all-weather, delta-winged interceptor. The big Russian interceptor force is helped in its job by what may be the world's best air-detection network. Soviet planes have not yet been able to gun down U.S. planes at high altitudes, but they have seen them on their radar-proof that they are not asleep at the oscilloscope...
...Heuss and the Queen rode at a horse's pace in an open coach from the station to Buckingham Palace, the crowds stood silent except for an occasional shout, mostly in German. There was none of the hostility shown Nikita Khrushchev in 1956, but Londoners were at best curious, and at worst cold...
...even a coup de main, coup de Jarnac, coup de grâce, coup de maitre, coup de pied or a coup d'oeil. Searching for the trenchant Gallic phrase to describe Strongman Field Marshal Sarit Thanarat's apparent coup against himself, the best that observers could manage was coup de repos, i.e., a move that leaves the main features of a situation unchanged but also puts opponents at a disadvantage...