Word: bitted
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Agnew was going broke just keeping his wife in party dresses. Mrs. Agnew, the lugubrious Dirksen fretted, "can wear a fancy dress about three times and then he [Agnew] has got to whip down there and have another made. That's $700 or $800." There was quite a bit of Dirksen hyperbole in that, and Judy Agnew was quick to set the record straight. "The most expensive gown I own is my inaugural ball gown," the Second Lady protested. "That cost under $500, and I don't expect to pay that much again for a long time...
...graduation next June from Amherst and the end of his IIS student deferment, David Eisenhower let drop the fact that he had been advised to take his military service in the Navy instead of the Army. And who in the name of Dwight D. Eisenhower was responsible for that bit of treachery? "My grandfather," answered David. Then he hastened to explain that he really has not made up his mind; he is considering a career as a lawyer, and that was why Ike advised the Navy. An Army man, after all, ought to make the service his life...
...barely begun when the Mediterranean weather turned bad; Mrs. Kennedy retired to her cabin and stayed there. Several times in the next few days, a solicitous Onassis looked in on her, but always found her asleep. Finally, on the fourth day out, she emerged on deck, still looking a bit queasy. "I hope you're feeling better," said Onassis; then he mentioned that he had checked on her a couple of times. The Kennedy eyebrows arched. "You mean you actually came into my stateroom?" He nodded. This time Mrs. Kennedy retired to her cabin with a vengeance...
That was not the only sagacious move that Manager Hodges has made. He brought a calm, contemplative, commanding presence to the exuberant, undisciplined youngsters who poured into the Mets' 1968 spring training camp. There are those, in fact, who feel that Hodges is a bit too commanding. Says Cleveland's flamboyant outfielder, Ken ("The Hawk") Harrelson, who played for Washington during Hodges' five-year stewardship of the Senators: "He was unfair, unreasonable, unfeeling, incapable of handling men, stubborn, holier-than-thou and ice-cold." But the Mets seem to hold an altogether different view. Koosman sums up the team...
...automakers cannot compete with the imports on the basis of price. Instead they are gambling that potential foreign-car buyers will pay a bit more in original cost and operating expense to gain speed and seating space. Even so, profits on the small cars are going to be slim compared with those on larger models like the Mustang, which are offered with expensive options that can double their price and profitability. If U.S. automakers have miscalculated about the kind of small car American buyers want, they could end up selling cheap cars to customers who otherwise would have bought more...