Word: casuals
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Problem of Climate. To the casual observer, that responsibility might seem simple. After all, Democrat Jack Kennedy took office from Republican Dwight Eisenhower with lopsidedly Democratic majorities in both the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives. But Kennedy won his way to the White House by such a perilous plurality (118,000 votes out of a national total of 68 million) that he could in no sense be considered to have a mandate that might compel Congressmen to go along with him. Indeed, many winning Democratic Representatives and Senators who led Kennedy on the ticket within their own constituencies...
...brilliantly lighted auction ring at New York's Saratoga race track one night last week stood a handsome bay colt. Among the overflow crowd of 1,600 at the open-air pavilion moved white-jacketed "spotters," alert for the telltale gestures-a casual nod, a lifted finger-that signifies a bid. The first horse went quickly. "Sold for $30,000," boomed Auctioneer Milton Dance Jr., rapping his gavel for emphasis. By the time Auctioneer Dance's gavel had fallen for the 48th and last time. $319,500 worth of horseflesh-all paid for in cash-had changed hands...
...abstraction, a believer in the view that what is savage is unspoiled. What is best in the book is its ring of truth. The natives and the British whites speak and act with absolute naturalness. Gary describes the Nigerian landscape, soldiers on the march, and a tribal attack with casual excellence. And he misses few of the ironies of a situation in which imperfect Christians try to perfect the savages...
...Sense of Urgency." As Army Chief of Staff from 1955 to 1959, Taylor fought unsuccessfully for a bigger and better-equipped Army, finally quit in frustration, and poured his theories into an outspoken book he called The Uncertain Trumpet. As a sort of casual afterthought, Taylor admitted in his book that his program would call for a budget of from $50 billion to $55 billion a year, a sum that invoked scoffing laughter in Congress. But the book caught the eye of Senator Kennedy, who contributed a blurb for the publisher: "This volume is characterized by an unmistakable honesty, clarity...
...group as any college faculty-the first time one of the resident eggheads greeted Taylor with an airy "Good morning, Max," the glint of steel flashed in the general's eye. But Taylor managed to restrain his celebrated talent for chewing out an offender and smiled a casual hello...