Word: blanch
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...NINE-TIGER MAN by Lesley Blanch. 246 pages. Afheneum...
...with a nanny's loving care. Shepherded by working staffs from the Republican or Democratic Committee, his luggage travels unassisted from airport to hotel-where it is often deposited in the wrong room. The food looks delicious, at least at first; but now, even the reporters chasing Humphrey blanch at the sight of yet another dinner steak. Newsmen with Johnson get steak for breakfast-and Bloody Marys before breakfast if they desire. In the affluent society, the rubber chicken of the banquet circuit has been replaced by the rich diet of the campaign...
...prosecute bookies on a tax rap, should not apply to funds being used for educational purposes. Another difficulty is the proliferation of operators who arrange to purchase tickets for out-of-staters for a fee. New Hampshire, a small state, proved easy to police. But Department of Justice officials blanch at the thought of the big-time Cosa Nostras that might move into the situation if states like California or New York get into the lottery game...
That predictability is now lacking. For one thing, some of the old verities no longer seem so true. The Communist world is not monolithic, and Russia's Khrushchev is beset by economic and political difficulties that would make any Western statesman blanch with dismay (see cover story in THE WORLD). Moreover, in recent months new men have become heads of government in three of the West's four most powerful nations. Konrad Adenauer, Harold Macmillan, and even John Kennedy in his relatively short tenure were known quantities. Their reactions to given challenges could be foretold with considerable accuracy...
...stilly calm of a Christmas carol, but as the stanzas become more aggressive, the conscripts improvise a louder and louder beat of spoon on glass, stick on stick, fist on palm. The powerful rhythmic din is the voice of the working class making itself heard, and the officers almost blanch at its menace...