Word: express
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...well-wishers frequently find him intolerable. The fact that he had apparently precipitated strife in the high command at a time when India might be facing battle with Red China set off loud demands that he be sacked. The Hindustan Times proclaimed: "Krishna Menon must go!" The Indian Express called Menon "preeminently the guilty...
...cheered him for taking a strong stand at last. "China's cynical attitude toward India, combined with the hard realities of Communism at home as experienced in Kerala, is forcing on this country an 'agonizing reappraisal' of fundamentals in our foreign policy," said the Indian Express. The Hindustan Times called for a radar screen along the northern frontier...
Some editorialists also turned their attention to Nehru's old buddy and longtime apologist for Communism, Krishna Menon, Minister of Defense. Wrote top Columnist A. D. Gorwala in the Indian Express: "Let it be remembered that in complete contradiction of his usual practice of jumping eagerly into the discussion of any foreign affairs matter, Mr. Krishna Menon has kept his lips sealed in public about Communist Chinese aggression in Tibet. Not one word of condemnation of brutalities practiced, promises broken, suffering inflicted, has escaped his lips. What confidence can the people of India have if their armed forces...
...Sensing an intimate glimpse into luxury-liner indiscretion, the British press tried to give an answer, leaped wildly on the story. Where facts failed, imagination soared. Headlined the Daily Express: WHAT HAPPENED AT THE CAPTAIN'S TABLE. PASSENGERS SAW THE LADY'S DRESS GO ZZZ ... ZIP! The woman whose fastener broke on a recent transatlantic run-and whose dress nearly slipped off-was attractive Mrs. Susan Silverstone, thirtyish, of Manhattan, who was promptly dubbed "Black-Eyed Susan." Passengers confirmed the incident, but it was not until farther down in the story that readers discovered where Captain Armstrong...
Searching for passengers on the June 10 New York-to-Liverpool voyage, the Daily Express placed three transatlantic calls to Mrs. Mona Kucker, a Norwalk, Conn, dog breeder who had sat at the captain's table. Mrs. Kucker gave the first real rundown on the charges. "I have a letter from Captain Armstrong," said she, "saying that he has been accused of chasing young girls around the ship and sitting in the main lounge with Mrs. Silverstone on his knee, zipping and unzipping her dress." Added Mrs. Kucker: "Nothing like that even loosely transpired...