Word: cuff
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Cheers interrupted Eisenhower 30 times in 28 minutes, engulfed him at the end. But how effective was his off-the-cuff experiment? It put across his strong and often moving sincerity. It created a suspense (will he make a mistake?) which some found exciting and others painful. While Ike has much off-the-cuff speaking experience, he was not quite equal to the hazards of public-address systems (sound engineers vainly worked on the Detroit p.a. system till the last minute), the emotional impact of facing a vast crowd, the split-minute timing necessary for TV and radio. Ike rambled...
...certainly put on a different kind of campaign. He has scared the professional politicians by saying "I don't know" when he doesn't know, by talking off the cuff, and (as he put it in Denver this week) "saying what is in my heart." Sound or not, that is the way Eisenhower intends to run his show...
...year, a man with five children winds up with $10,500 after he pays his federal income tax. Normally, that would be hardly enough to send the children to expensive schools, maintain two homes, gamble extravagantly and buy such fancy items as $20 pajamas, $47.50 cuff links and $31.50 silk shirts. In fact, most men with five kids consider themselves lucky, even with a $12,000 salary, to be able to buy any shirts...
...UPPER STORY, on Palmer Street next to the Coop annex, specializes in providing gifts which are thoughtfully and painstakingly conceived as well as stunningly attractive. This tie, of French silk in subtle shades of grey, may be combined with Howe enameled cuff links for a tasteful, dignified gift to any man. The tie is $8.00, the cuff links, $6.50. Other ties go for $4.00. The shop also has beautifully designed enamel jewelry for women...
...Singleton's also offers a wide variety of buckles, cuff links, cigarette cases, and lighters. In short, almost every jewelry desire can be satiated at this store...