Word: clem
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...seeming contradiction between the gentle Attlee and the frequently ungentle Labor Party could not be explained by brushing Attlee off as a figurehead. In actual power over party decisions, quiet, little (5 ft. 7½ in., 140 Ibs.) Clem Attlee stood head & shoulders above his fellow Laborite leaders. This was true even though he lacked Aneurin Bevan's fiery eloquence, Herbert Morrison's parliamentary skill, Sir Stafford Cripps's brilliance and Ernest Bevin's command of the warm loyalty of millions of unionists. What Attlee did have was political balance and a sense of timing. These...
...words made for easier reading (TIME, Feb. 16). Wrote Martin: "Your sentences averaged 21.6 words . . . Syllables averaged 163 to 100 words. You were under the [Chicago] Tribune in [length of] sentences but over in syllables. The Sun-Times beat both of you . . ." To Martin's note, City Editor Clem Lane had scribbled an approving p.s.: "Let's shorten the sentences and shorten the words . . ." Later, scanning a long-sentenced lead by Veteran Rewriteman Robert Faherty, Lane growled an even more explicit order: "Let's keep the sentences under 15 words." Wounded, Bob Faherty decided to take Lane...