Word: chores
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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With a television and a radio show already on her cluttered schedule, Eleanor Roosevelt, 66, took on still another histrionic chore: a series of 52 half-hour TV shows called Once Upon a Time, in which she will narrate in five languages the fairy tales of 52 nations while puppets act them out. Her producers: Roosevelt Enterprises, Inc., run by son Elliott with the assistance of son John...
...such phrases as "some have charged that-" or "there is a report that-." Many a Republican on the committee was frankly impressed by the Secretary's well-briefed grasp of facts, dates and documents. Wisconsin's waspish Alexander Wiley said to him: "You have had a long chore, sir, and have done a grand job for yourself, I would say, with that mind of yours. Keeping everything in it is a remarkable accomplishment." Some seemed bedazzled by the intricacy of his argument. Maine's Owen Brewster asked for a recess to give him more time to prepare...
...next afternoon, with MacArthur off to New York, the President, accompanied by Bess, drove in sunshine to Griffith Stadium to perform the traditional and normally happy presidential chore of tossing out the first ball of the season. There were a few boos from the bleachers when the President appeared, but they were drowned out when a band struck up Hail to the Chief. Grinning broadly, Southpaw Truman, after a couple of balks to tease photographers, pegged a fast throw to the infield. Then he and Bess settled back, munched a hot dog apiece, watched the Senators beat the Yankees...
...Austin is no mere mouthpiece. State wants and expects his advice on policy, and he gives it. So far, says Foggy Bottom, there have been no "disputes," only "discussions" between Austin and the Washington policymakers. The Ambassador's foremost chore is to present and advocate the policy ultimately approved by Harry Truman. He and a battery of aides, topped by able Ambassador Ernest Gross, have the important corollary task of canvassing, negotiating and lobbying among other U.N. groups...
Auch in Amerika opened to a packed house. At every political punch line, rhythmic rehearsed applause thundered from one section of the audience. Next day the Communist press dutifully trotted out reviews, though the chore was almost too much for Berliner Zeitung Critic Hans Ulrich Eylau, who cautiously wrote he thought the play's denouement a little hard to take. Gulped Eylau: "This is not to be a critical final judgment. It is just the result of a first encounter with a play that in spite of all its shortcomings is ... an enrichment of our scanty stock of political...