Word: endearing
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...press conference-wherein the claim was made that Kennedy was suffering from Addison's disease, was being kept alive only by massive doses of cortisone, and could not realistically receive the party's nod. Even though this was just a normal campaign maneuver, it understandably did not endear Connally to Kennedy. But when Johnson became Kennedy's Vice President. Johnson's man Connally was in line for a high federal post...
Last week it seemed likely that all this would change, although naturally not for the better. Next fall, to endear itself to its affiliated stations, ABC will widen its yap gap on night-time programs to 40 seconds. CBS and NBC, of course, will meet the competition...
Kennedy or Nixon: Does It Make Any Difference? Mr. Schlesinger's most recent literary contribution to the campaign, will not enhance his status in the Republican Party; nor, however, is it likely to endear him to those who want to raise the level of the campaign. A wildly partisan essay, Kennedy or Nixon? adds nothing substantially new to the campaign, and tends to detract from Mr. Schlesinger's reputation as an historian. In a brief foreword, the professor confesses his political bias, but adds, "I will rest my argument whenever possible on hard and verifiable facts...
...since June 1957. It stemmed from rebel rage at the breakdown six weeks ago of preliminary truce talks between France and the F.L.N. Since then, French officers had spread the word among Algeria's many uncommitted Moslems that "the F.L.N. is finished." The massacre at Chenoua might not endear the rebels to their fellow countrymen - many Moslems were appalled - but it was meant to prove cold-bloodedly that the F.L.N. was not yet to be counted...
...salesmen. His Asian pool expanded so rapidly that in 1926 Starr returned to New York and created the American International Underwriters Corp. to centralize reporting for his Shanghai companies and to develop insurance in the U.S. on risks abroad. Starr's hard drive for busi ness did not endear him to more genteel competitors. They called him a buccaneer as he snatched their business away, often by offering higher commissions to agents, and larger rebates to those insured if they filed no claims...