Word: briskness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Bluntly, Johnson told the leaders that he was not asking for their authority but that he wanted to tell them about it before they read it in the newspapers. Later, he went on television with a brisk, 21-minute announcement: Some 400 marines had landed on the island; arrangements were being made to evacuate Americans and other nationals who asked to leave. The next day, as the pitch of battle rose, the President sent in more marines, plus paratroopers from Fort Bragg; by week's end reinforcements brought the total of U.S. fighting...
Last week Jomo decided that enough was enough. In a brisk series of actions, Kenyatta made it clear to Odinga and the Communists that his regime had a different direction in mind. Among them...
...always when they follow Harry on one of his walks, the TV types got all the words they wanted. The ex-President was in town to receive an award from Freedom House, an organization that promotes international cooperation, and he was in a talkative mood. The brisk stride is gone now, and he moves slowly and stiffly, but Truman at 80 still manages to stage one of the more remarkable of modern press conferences...
...Harris). When the major and the captain are not psychoanalyzing each other or saving a village from a regiment of French lancers, they court a German-born widow (Senta Berger). Finally the kidnaped children are recovered and Charriba punished, almost as an afterthought, leaving the way clear for a brisk, bloody showdown between U.S. and French troops...
...score of cold observers on the Weeks Bridge watched eagerly as the eight boats jockeyed for the start opposite Weld, and then headed full tilt for the bridge, blown by a brisk 20-knot wind from astern...