Word: cageyness
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Southern whites too were quick to see what was happening. In many small towns, the seemingly cheery acquiescence to Northern laws was in reality a cagey poker-face cover for continued Southern resistance. Bitter experience with the Northern press had convinced the whites that the best way to clamp down on Negro progress was to clamp down on Negro progress was to keep the press away; and the best way to do that was to avoid trouble. So the "White Only" signs disappeared, and so did the press...
...biggest Northern delegations, such as those from Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, although Humphrey is thought to have considerable strength in several of them. Chicago's Mayor Richard Daley, who could be the single most influential delegation chief at the convention he will host, maintains a cagey silence, although he did allow last week that Kennedy's Nebraska showing was "impressive...
...quarterback, Daryle Lamonica personifies Oakland's humble, inconspicuous approach to this game. If there is another man as cagey as Lombardi, it is Raider boss Al Davis, and he has his team laying low. They will be psychologically ready when the time comes. In any case, Lamonica couldn't play worse than Dallas's Don Meredith did two weeks ago. We are betting he will be spectacular. If the game is close and low-scoring, as it should be, then Oakland's edge in both punting and place-kicking will also be important...
...HANDFUL OF THIEVES, by Nina Bawden (Lippincott; $3.50). In an effort to catch a cagey con man and robber, five English youngsters turn thieves and almost end up in jail. Exciting and amusing...
...Sherburne's term of office came to an end in mid-1966, he felt he had accomplished everything necessary to clean up the CIA situation once and for all. He had even negotiated a cagey deal whereby the CIA-linked Independence Foundation agreed to turn over its lease on a converted stone house to N.S.A. for 15 years-without mentioning to the agency that he was about to sever their connection...