Word: expression
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...presented the Legion of Merit, degree of Chief Commander (for sending a regimental combat team from the Royal Thai Army to assist in the Korean fighting). When the Premier bowed low and placed the tops of his fingers together before his chest, the traditional Asian "joining of palms" to express respect and appreciation, John Foster Dulles whispered to the President: "They don't shake hands in Thailand." Said Ike: "I know, I know. But we do." He gave Phibun a hearty handshake, then took him out to Burning Tree and beat him in a game of golf...
Although Europe's politicians express doubts about the dollars-and-sense of atomic power projects, the scientists at Liège last week were almost unanimous in agreeing that there is no other choice. "What countries will be the first to have atomic power stations?" asked Belgium's Atomic Energy Boss Pierre Rychmans. "The Western European countries, which cannot afford to do otherwise . . . where the production of coal can't keep up with the needs of power stations." Out of foresight and necessity, Western Europe is putting its revived industrial brawn behind its scientific brains...
...readers something of the lecture Bill Buckley delivered in New Haven a short time ago. As a member of the organization which sponsored Mr. Buckley's appearance, I hope you will give me the same opportunity, and--if it will not impose on vitally needed space--a chance to express my repugnance at the character of Mr. Gwirtzman's remarks...
...judgments had a highly moral tone precisely because Manet's picture did not. In France of the Second Empire, bigness was associated with grandeur. A canvas the size of Manet's Lunch, people thought, should have some edifying theme, whether classical, historical or religious. To express mere joie de vivre on such a large scale was just awful...
Harvard and M.I.T. are "capable and obligated to express the best ideals of citizenship and community" by leading in the re-design of Cambridge, the report added...