Word: coolness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Those remaining in Cambridge for the weekend should find it cloudy and cool today, with a possible chance of showers tonight...
...Republican National Committee for 18 years when she became the first woman press aide in White House history (TIME, April 15). A divorcee, she is as skillful with the skillet (specialty: corn pudding and fried chicken) as the handout. In her most critical task last week, she showed cucumber-cool efficiency in getting out advance texts of Ike's speech at precisely the promised hour (two hours before TV time), even looked serene as she distributed copies one by one to a mob of 50 milling newsmen. Says she: "I am not a panic person...
...over the bars of the end stall looked like anything but a big money man. His ancient riding boots were scuffed and patched; the brown leather chaps over his faded Levi's had seen better days. But he had the casual swagger of a champ. He ran a cool eye over Gold Dollar, a mean-looking palomino, and climbed aboard. Outside the chute, San Francisco's Cow Palace echoed to the voice of the announcer: "The first three-time all-around cowboy champion in history-Jim Shoulders...
Egypt was dismayed by Russia's display of arrogant power. Nasser's dispatch of Egyptian troops to Syria suggested he did not like another bullyboy muscling in on his territory. Probability: Nasser would be increasingly cool to offers of further Russian...
...Martin's show; and in filming her TV entry for this week, Gale Storm warbled to eleven-month-old Susanna, who promptly went to sleep on camera. Last week Frank Sinatra, 39, sang with his bobby-soxer daughter Nancy, 17, whom his scripters described as having the "sweet, cool disposition of a strawberry soda." Says Frankie: "A bit of show-business exposure goes a long way toward developing poise and self-confidence." Coming up on future Sinatra songfests: Frank Jr., 13, on the piano, and Christina, 9, in a dance...