Word: blinking
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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After DeSapio took his seat, Javits very dramatically rose, and said, "I come from New York too, but I had to blink my eyes after hearing Mr. DeSapio's talk, and see if I was really from Manhattan...
...more incongruous for it. For Lent looks to the real Easter; and to lift high that great light in man's darkness is the holy challenge of the churches. How are the churches of America meeting the challenge? The change - in a generation - is enough to make wiseacres blink. Twenty-five years ago, traditional Christianity seemed to many an American intellectual to be rolling up the scroll. The Good Life was a matter of well-planned getting and spending, and all the answers were to be found written down, from Hegel to Freud to Keynes. Professor John Dewey...
...handling of labor unions is a business, a big business. I've got 32 million dollars in my treasury. As a businessman, I can see we're going into a severe recession . . . and I think business should call us in to discuss it." He did not blink when he was asked: "Mr. Beck, in view of this recession you speak about, wouldn't it be unwise for your men to ask for more money?" Said Businessman Beck: "Since I firmly believe we are in a recession, I am cautioning the members of this international union to study...
...Dubliner, Dr. Raymond G. Cross, offered suggestions which made some of his colleagues blink: 1) because overheating of the testicles reduces sperm production, tight-fitting underwear is bad-a kilt is just the thing; 2) a man whose sperm output is below par should eat onions, garlic, bananas, celery, parsley, honey, cheese and molasses, and drink stout; 3) before trying to bring about conception, such a husband should remain continent for ten days to six weeks...
Whitney Darrow's president will be ready. He will press a button in his suit, blink his eyes once or twice, turn to his smiling predecessor and say, "Noli timere, o vir Harvardiensis, ad astra per aspera...