Word: chuckly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...government officials, civil or military, to file an inventory of their movable and immovable properties, as well as those of their wives and children. If any should make false statements or refuse to answer, their properties would be confiscated by the government. The idea, he explained, is to "chuck out all corrupt officials." And he promised future bills, probably including a long overdue one for limiting land ownership in Iran and breaking up the vast feudal properties. Why was the Shah doing this to them? demanded the harassed and injured politicians. The Shah's reply: "I have...
...expenses of district pulse taking, of meeting and knowing people, have forced the Chamberlains to put a $10,000 mortgage on their East Lansing home. Beyond that, Chamberlain figures he will spend $20,000 before his 1958 campaign is over, and he is raising it with a "Bucks for Chuck" drive, exchanging elephant-outlined cuff links for contributions of more than...
...ladies, matchbooks for the men, comic books and balloons for the kids. Then he hurries off ("When there aren't any customers, I go out and find them"), making the rounds of the barbershops, stores, and especially the supermarkets. "Good morning," he says. "I'm Chuck Chamberlain, your Congressman. Have a shopping bag. And while I'm here, have you any complaints? This is your chance." Then, turning to a friend, Chamberlain exclaims happily: "See what I can do here in a few minutes as opposed to spending the time at a political rally? Hundreds of people...
...with his wife Charlotte, even then waiting for him in front of the Durant Hotel, in nearby Flint. Chamberlain leaped into his red-white-and-blue Chevrolet station wagon, which he uses along with his trailer, and sped toward Flint at 60 m.p.h. His pace had been exhausting, but Chuck Chamberlain seemed to thrive on it, and his words tumbled out in a turmoil of enthusiasm...
With its soft. length and 22-ft. wingspan, the X-15 looks more like a missile than an airplane. A sophisticated descendant of the X-1 rocket plane in which Test Pilot "Chuck" Yeager first broke the sound barrier (TIME, June 21, 1948), it is expected to reach 3,600 m.p.h.-twice the speed of a high-powered rifle bullet. Since such speeds cannot be maintained in the lower atmosphere, the X-15 will be carried to 35,000 ft. by a B-52, will then climb to an altitude of 100 miles. Burning liquid ammonia and liquid oxygen...