Word: coolness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...quiet, almost icily cool man with a craggy bald head and an elegant drawing-room slouch, Lovett had long since proved to be as effective with a diplomat or a Congressman as he was with a general or an industrialist. In his new job he could be expected to tighten still further the liaison between State and Defense which had already improved perceptibly since the departure of Louis Johnson...
...faculties throughout the U.S. have been debating this question ever since the regents of the University of California issued their famous "sign or resign" ultimatum to the California faculty last winter (TIME, March 6 et seq.). This week, in a book review* in the New York Sunday Times, a cool and collected sifting of the question came from New York University's Sidney Hook, eminent philosopher and political liberal...
...passing arm, bids well to beat out veteran Kermit Tracy for the starting quarterback post when pre-season practice got underway. Little got around this superfluity of talent by shifting Price to left halfback where his running and passing ability could be utilized without losing Tracy's experience and cool field generalship...
John Beer of Exeter will be at inside. Juan Vollenweider, from Buenos Aires, plays left inside and is the trickiest dribbler on the team. The high scorer in scrimmages is center Kurt Pollack from Trinidad. He's a cool player who takes his time making hard, accurate shots...
Depth was most evident in the halfback line, where veteran Dick Miller's aggressive tackling and cool passing keynoted the Crimson opening drive. Bob Harding, playing center half for the first time in two years, took over the inured Pantaleoni's old position and played a beautiful defensive game for three periods...