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...newsman right after he became chairman of the Senate Banking and Currency Committee, Fulbright was asked if he would look into, among other things, the steep rise in the stock market. Why, yes, said Fulbright, "we ought to have a look." The headlines that followed his off-the-cuff answer caused Wall Streeters to brace themselves for something like the Pecora investigation...
...Trotsky, making his maiden speech before unfriendly Deputies of the Soviet. "He did not expect any sympathy. And to make it worse-his cuff kept constantly shooting out of his sleeve and threatening to fall on the heads of his nearest listeners...
Complex Briefing. At every stop, Nixon delighted his hosts by talking knowledgeably off the cuff about local problems. His knowledge was no accident. Aboard the plane he paid close attention to the good advice of Assistant Secretary of State Henry Holland (who doubled as chief translator). At each stop, the ranking State Department careerman from the country next on the list would join the party to bring the latest word on the situation ahead. Not once, in addressing a total of some 70,000 people and shaking 22,500 hands, did Nixon slip seriously...
...styles originated, designers were busy last week planning dinner jackets without lapels and sport coats livened up with plenty of "back interest," e.g., pleats, belts and more vents. Soon to hit the stores: the "short look," meaning shorter trousers and sleeves to expose more sock and cuff...
...some of the races in the century's closest election were decided, and while the professionals were still muttering amid their charts and graphs, the President of the U.S. stepped before bleary-eyed reporters in the nation's capital one day last week and delivered, off-the-cuff. a clear, one-sentence analysis: "I believe that the voters feel they want to avoid extremes...