Word: desk
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Just the thought of his coming vacation at Key West and that bright Florida sunshine had brought him back to bubbling good humor. Brisk and smiling, he waded through a man-killing schedule, clearing his desk for the big day. He went on television with a plea for the Red Cross campaign, accepted a leather-bound manuscript on "How to Be Prepared" from three bright-eyed little Girl Scouts, saw a group of Negro leaders, shook hands with oldtime Socialist Norman Thomas, and brushed off his weekly press conference in 13 minutes with a record burst of no comments...
...week's end, his desk clear at last, Harry Truman collected his staff and flew to Key West for his first real vacation in almost a year. For 23 days he would swim, read, sleep, bake his aching muscles and display his fancy sports shirts...
...violating public order. They had been sentenced by the police of Station 22 to 30 days' imprisonment. Protesting, they were led into the office of Federal Police Chief Arturo Bertollo. Smilingly he offered two choices: appeal the verdict, meanwhile staying in jail, or sign a paper on his desk and receive in return a presidential pardon, which he was empowered to issue forthwith. The paper was a statement acknowledging the accusation but not their guilt. Shea and McCombe signed. Then, with Juan Peron's "pardon," they walked out into the daylight of Buenos Aires...
...even the tidy Ridgway house (Quarters No. 7) at Fort Myer has the breath of military austerity. The living room looks like a room a man had decorated. There is not a paper or a letter showing in the pigeonholes of the desk. Until Christmas week, one of the sights of the post was the general and 21-month old Matt Jr. standing together on their porch at dusk, stiff as ramrods, saluting the colors...
...Eighth Army commander lives in a comfortable trailer at his headquarters. Each morning he is at his desk for the 6 o'clock briefing, and he insists on being briefed in a hurry. One morning an officer, late, hurried into the briefing session, his pointer nervously waving over the map as he tried to locate the areas in his notes. Snapped Ridgway: "Please put that pointer on something...