Word: casualize
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Harry Truman strode into his weekly press conference with the brisk confidence of a man on solid and well-scouted ground. In a mild, almost casual voice, he began by reading out a paragraph from his April 11 radio speech explaining his dismissal of General MacArthur: "The Communist side must now choose its course of action . . . and with it the awful responsibility for what may follow . . . The decision is theirs, because the forces of the United Nations will strive to limit the conflict if possible...
Cape Cod does not become a summer resort until summer. This can make May and early June particularly enjoyable for the casual visitor...
...cure lies in a concrete island which would serve to channel cars turning onto Memorial Drive into a single path. The 90 degree turn which would be required by the presence of an island would proven the casual flow of traffic now present. Drivers would be forced to slacken speed to negotiate the turn, and the placement of a stop sign in clear view on the island would provide an imperative not now in existence. The present sign often goes unnoticed as drivers concentrate on unhesitating entry into the flow of vehicles, and its relocation would be just as effective...
...That subject," said Short, reading from notes he and Harry Truman had prepared together, "was mentioned a long time ago in a casual, joking way during a private, confidential conversation between the President and Mr. Daniels. The President never has considered the subject seriously . . . The article is an entirely misleading distortion of a conversation to which the President attached no significance...
Hollywood's cemetery of cemeteries, Forest Lawn, bears more than a casual resemblance to "Whispering Glades" of Waugh's novel. For one thing, Forest Lawn stresses works of art. On Good Friday, Forest Lawn unveiled a new one, a painting of the Crucifixion, found no man to challenge its proud claim that it is the biggest canvas in the world...