Word: compliment
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Specifically, in five meetings of their own, plus numerous supplementary parleys between their aides, Churchill and Truman gave & took as follows : Red China. Most nettlesome difference concerned Communist China, which London recognized in January 1950, though Peking has never returned the compliment. In general, British public opinion has favored a soft approach to the Peking regime; it stridently opposed Douglas MacArthur's proposals to punish the Chinese Communists for their aggression in Korea, and it seemed not to approve...
...compliment you especially on the high quality and fidelity of the color reproduction ? It is one of the most faithful reproductions of this painting that has ever been made...
...portions were small and the potatoes had a graytinge. But the entire company began to nod and compliment the cook. When he produced the dessert, "my specialty," he had difficulty removing it from the pan. The cake was burnt and had stuck to the bottom...
...born painter named Moise Kisling. He wore his hair in a fringe, would duel at the drop of a beret, threw strenuous parties in his shabby studios. "He's the swellest guy in the world," wrote Kiki, queen of the Montparnasse models, in her diary. Kisling returned the compliment by faithfully reproducing her generous curves in his solidly painted canvases. Last week Artist Kisling, now an energetic 60, was having his first Paris show in 15 years. To replace Kiki and his other Montparnasse models, he had called in the peasant girls from around his present-day home...
Amory stated, "In a long interview I mentioned him just twice, observing that both independent and CCA slates included men of various income levels and paying him an unrelated compliment from my point of view in hazarding a guess that he would not necessarily join with Foley and Sullivan in an attempt to oust City Manager Atkinson. In no sense did I intend any reflection on Mr. McNamara's integrity, business acumen, or ability to earn a living and I regret deeply that such an inference was given...