Word: effortlessness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...speak softly and carry a big stick," and he applies it to domestic as well as foreign affairs. Since taking office, his soft words have been used more often than his stick: day after day, congressional leaders have dropped by the White House for chats-and exposure to the effortless Kennedy charm. But he threw the full weight of his prestige behind House Speaker Sam Rayburn in the fight over the Rules Committee, personally calling up important Congressmen to get their support. On his order, most of his Cabinet members lobbied too. Interior Secretary Stewart Udall was caught red-handed...
Drugs? There is no effortless way to control cholesterol, warns Dr. Keys. Some drugstores peddle bottles of artificially flavored safflower seed oil emulsion (polyunsaturated fat), suggest drinking it by the spoonful to offset the effects of saturated fat in the diet. Says Keys: "Nonsense. All this does is to increase the total fat intake and breed obesity." Although polyunsaturated fats are a healthful substitute for saturated fats, they make an ineffective antidote. It takes more than 2 oz. of polyunsaturated fat, says Keys, to reduce blood cholesterol by the same amount that 1 oz. of saturated fat increases...
...finest characterizations of her career. From the moment she stepped out from behind a grotto, her body elfin, her face sharply kittenish, until she tremulously bestowed the kiss of death on her faithless lover Palemon (ably danced by Michael Somes), her movements had the kind of effortless grace that commanded immediate conviction. At one point, hovering in her lover's arms, she reached down to stroke his hair in a gesture that caught the whole measure of the heroine's innocence and fear. Ondine's weakness was its length: as much dance drama as ballet (a British...
...nonbook manufacturer is not that his product be good, merely that it be sold. The nonbook is merchandise aimed at the same non-people who are the most frequent targets of the film and TV industries. What they read is new, light, dry, smooth, well-filtered, quick, effortless and contains almost no calories...
...meter hurdles, Ohio's sandy-haired Glenn Davis, 25, flashed around the course in effortless stride, eased up at the finish and still won in 50.1 seconds to tie his Olympic record. In the discus, Al Oerter, 24, wound himself into a knot, then exploded for a throw of 193 ft. 9½ in., 2 ft. 10½ in. short of the world record. Whirling mightily, Boston's Hal Connolly, 28, threw the hammer 224 ft. 4½ in., just 11½ in. short of his world record. Patriarch of the U.S. whales, Shotputter Parry O'Brien...