Word: convincingness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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The emergency boost of the bank rate had brought Tories to their lowest ebb in national polls (though the pound steadied last week - see BUSINESS). Macmillan, impressive in the House of Commons, has proved conspicuously unable to make the austere Tory program convincing to the public. Eloquent Viscount Hailsham, the...
Ford chose fine material for his atonement: a story by Frank O'Conner, and one-act play by Lady Gregory and Martin McHugh. Then, after giving Hollywood its due by having Tyrone Power read the introductions, he filmed all three on location in Ireland, with actors from Dublin's Abbey...
A.: Madam, we have never yet found a television set we could not repair and put in perfect working condition. Note: When answering questions, be sincere and convincing, but be very careful not to overdo it. It may make the customer suspicious.
Most satisfying of the new items were Birthday Offering by Veteran Frederick Ashton and Solitaire by Kenneth MacMillan. Ashton whipped out his piece last year in honor of the company's 25th anniversary; it proved to be a sequined, dazzling showpiece for 14 soloists, and a convincing demonstration of...
Thirty-nine years before the gleam of lanterns from the steeple of Boston's Old North Church warned Paul Revere of approaching redcoats, a short, stocky Anglican divine, clad in near-rags and wasted by dysentery, tottered ashore at Boston Harbor. After convincing one rector that he was indeed...