Word: corners
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...first of the rooms was decorated only by a small desk and an oversized color portrait of the President when he was about 35 years old. A solid looking-man with his sleeves rolled up was in the corner smoking a cigar...
Accentuating the Negative. From every corner of the U.S. come unmistakable evidence that Dwight Eisenhower is still an exceedingly popular President. Many Democrats, as well as practically all Republicans, are attempting to ride his coattails. But there are few indications that U.S. voters have been sufficiently sold on the proposition that they should give the President a more Republican Congress...
...afternoon, the ministers of the 14 NATO powers gathered. "As a matter of courtesy" they invited Chancellor Adenauer to attend the session as an observer. While Adenauer watched silently from a corner of the table, the council swiftly ground through its business. It approved a protocol inviting West Germany to join NATO and a resolution giving the Supreme Allied Commander Europe added powers to station troops and establish supply bases wherever he chose. Mendès haggled politely over what military items Germany was to manufacture, but dropped his expected demand that German forces be "integrated" at the division level...
...make the changes he wants, Curtice can also find corner-cutting tricks. When he first saw sketches of a Buick that carried the fender line back into the body for the first time, he did not wait for the year-long process of changing dies. Instead, he devised a method of bolting extra panels of metal on to the old body to get the new style into his showrooms as quickly as possible. While looking over one recent model, Curtice spotted a flaw in its lines, was told that it was far too late to do anything about it. Said...
...barons to support his demagogue pals . . ." Save for a few intent Followers in the front row, the score or so in the audience let their concentration lapse and their eyes drift from the speaker behind the chintz-covered table. A rough-hewn bust of Trotsky dominated one corner. Sleazy rattan blinds covered the high, narrow windows. Dusty, antique light fixtures shone dimly from the peeling ceiling...