Word: cools
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...this he was a fine seaman and a cool and capable officer. Some of his crew could remember how he had reacted four years ago when one of his "black gang" was found on the deck spouting blood from knife wounds in the throat and arms. There was no anesthetic on board, but the sweating Carlsen stitched the fainting victim's throat, sewed up two arteries, sprinkled the wounds with sulfa powder, and saved his life. Carlsen then grabbed the would-be murderer, got a confession, and went back to the bridge as if nothing had happened...
Members of Harry Truman's staff have been inclined to sneer at Kefauver as an upstart who let TV spotlights, headlines and fan letters go to his head. Harry Truman himself has been cool toward his potential rival. Recently, however, as the Washington scandals began to hurt, a presidential staff member expressed a new attitude toward Kefauver: "Well, now, maybe Vice President...
Evil Influence. Big Bill was never a stickler for the rules of labor etiquette. He never boggled when one of his agents, Robert Brindell, turned to full-scale labor racketeering in New York, sold "strike insurance" to contractors, peddled "privilege to work" cards to non-unionists, and cleared a cool million dollars. Brindell ultimately was jailed for extortion after a special state investigation. Investigator Samuel Untermeyer formally urged the A.F.L. convention of 1922 to get rid of "Brindell's crony, Hutcheson, who has been an evil influence...
...Widow Wetmore. The year after Dr. Gibson became the spinster's heir, one of his patients died, and the doctor gave the widow, Ann Wetmore, a job as his receptionist. Lizzie Ayres was a bit jealous of Ann, but her fondness for Dr. Gibson did not cool: in 1949 she changed her will, making him the sole executor. In the spring of 1950 Gibson got a divorce, helped by Lizzie's testimony that his wife, from whom he was separated, had deserted him. That month, according to later testimony, he asked an official at Yale medical school...
...just now." The next evening at the home of Sir Alfred Duff Cooper, former British Ambassador to France, Margaret charmed the guests, including Greta Garbo, with an hour's session at the piano, playing and singing French songs. Next day, General Dwight D. Eisenhower and aides had to cool their heels for 40 minutes waiting to serve Margaret tea while her chauffeur tried to find SHAPE headquarters. The Princess was all apologies and smiles when she arrived, and Ike managed one of his famous beams in return as he said, "Your Royal Highness, it is nice...