Word: cools
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Dewey did not act at all like a man seeking the office of President of the United States-and only ten days before the convention. He was cool and sure of himself, and seemingly wholly passive about the candidacy which everyone but himself had declared. He appeared determined to play his part as a noncandidate down to the very last. When the Associated Press published a report that he had made train reservations for Chicago, he said it was not true. He firmly denied that he was working on an acceptance speech. To GOPoliticos from all points of the compass...
Quiet, stocky Admiral Ramsay spoke first. He gave his estimate of what the naval forces could do under those conditions. Cool, incisive Leigh-Mallory summed up the airmen's point of view. Monty said, in effect: "Well, if the Navy can get us in, and the Air can give us cover, let's go." Somebody asked the head weather man a question. He stared intently at the table, finally said: "If I answered that I wouldn't be a meteorologist, I'd be a guesser." Everyone laughed. It was no time for guessing...
...room, let listeners hear the buzz and bells that filled it. His ace Manhattan newscaster, Bob Trout, was a marvel of glibness and endurance. Trout's performance was matched by Robert St. John, backstop for NBC News Head, William Brooks. TIME Views the News, on the Blue was consistently cool and factual...
Over the quiet American cities and the somnolent farms a bombers' moon shone through the cool June night. At 12:37 a.m. (E.W.T.) bells tinkled on the news tickers in newspaper and radio offices. FLASH...
...ample food, good discipline, an official distaste for Communists. Every citizen of Kenanpo, including General Yen, must cultivate a little garden. No one wears skirts in Kenanpo; men, women & children dress in identical floppy blue trousers and jackets. The climate is like Arizona; hot and dry by day and cool at night. The caves are 10° cooler inside...