Word: cool
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Donning a blue suit, dark tie and rimless glasses for his televised press conference last week, Lyndon Johnson projected an aura of somber calm. His remarks matched his manner. He presented a cool, dispassionate defense of his conduct of the Viet Nam war. He turned away critics with soft answers, explained once more his decision to continue bombing the North (see box next page). The President was confident but cautious. While he could "no longer see any possibility of military victory on the part of North Viet Nam," neither could he forecast a quick or easy victory for the Allies...
...vicar, Father Eugene A. Monick. One Sunday, parishioners acted out a scene from Harold Pinter's The Caretaker. At another service, they put on a sketch about parish life, improbably called The Dynamics of Inter-Cultural Encounter, or How I Split My Scene, Dropped My Frock, Blew My Cool and Found...
...local police precinct in Louisville, contributed to young Cassius' wavering hold on his emotions. Today, mother and father hold court in a trim bungalow in Louisville. In the driveway stand two castoff Cadillacs from Cassius, "His" and "Hers." Odessa still tries to keep a semblance of cool around the house, while Old Cassius tromps around thinking up ideas for commercial schemes-food endorsements, perhaps a nationwide chain of "Clay's Kitchens" or "Clay's Whatnot Shops...
...commitment as an educator has not been limited to Harvard College. Monro worked on the college Scholarship Service, spreading the scholarships procedures he introduced here to more than 1000 schools across the nation. During the past few summers, when many Faculty members retreated to the cool breezes of northern New England, Monro went south to Miles College. One of the most active members of the American Council of Education, he has been a strong supporter of civil rights, draft reform, and educational innovation...
...that Monro and Pusey work well together, for it was the President who originally chose Monro for the job. Pusey lets the dean run his own shop. "For Mr. Pusey," Monro said recently, "the name of the game is stability--he doesn't panic, he doesn't lose his cool...and he doesn't needle you and tell you what to do." Monro appreciate this freedom, and, in a sense, he understands that it must be reciprocated. He rarely oversteps his bounds. He offers his opinions, but can be counted upon to carry out a decision in which...