Word: clung
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...four-day visit to the Southwest, Averell Harriman clung closely, as usual, to the Fair Deal party line. At Phoenix, he labeled the G.O.P. "the Grim Old Pessimists." At Albuquerque, he cried that "we could never have defeated the forces of fascism in World War II if our economic vitality had not been restored by the New Deal." On the Taft-Eisenhower promises to cut spending, he said: "You can't have low taxes and security." At Salt Lake City, he rode in a jolting buckboard escorted by 40 cowboys and Ute Indians, who later made him a chief...
...Rodin. But Rodin was in his 60s, and busy with a complex public life. "Be patient and less violent," he admonished her. Yet the illustrious sculptor was fond of Gwen, and wrote frequent letters scolding about her health. And even after she entered the Roman Catholic Church she clung to Rodin for love and comfort. "My heart is like a sea which has little sad waves," she wrote. "But every ninth wave is big and happy...
When the voters ended his 36-year reign as boss of Jersey City back in 1949, hard-eyed old Frank Hague still clung to one lever of political control-his longtime membership on the Democratic National Committee. The imperial power which had won Millionaire Hague his bulging bank account and his $100,000 summer home was over. New Jersey's Democratic vote was no longer his to deliver. But old habits die hard. Hague went on playing the part of kingmaker...
...ordinary woman would have sulked a bit and then set out for new conquests. But not Ora. She clung to brother David and sister Ellen with parasitic humility. When they had babies, she came for long visits to help around the house. Soon she was there to stay, slavishly waiting upon and subtly corrupting her brother-in-law. Still prim & proper, she cast her body before him, and while David did not succumb, he was vain enough to enjoy her worship. By hints he urged her not to marry, and she was delighted to obey...
Although his domestic policy has been less successful, existing international tensions forced him to devote most of his early administration years to foreign affairs. During his seven years, he has bravely and stubbonly clung to his demand for a Civil Rights program. He has refused to compromise. Perhaps politically this will prove regrettable since Civil Rights is a complex and sensitive issue; it cannot be enacted overnight. If he played the game of give and take, he might have pushed some domestic legislation through; now he has none...