Word: expression
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...without conditions, and that U.S. aid under the Eisenhower Doctrine would be unconditional. Saud tried hard to get agreement on a paragraph condemning Communist infiltration in the Middle East and to get Nasser to endorse the Eisenhower plan. In turn, Saud beat down Syrian Kuwatly's attempt to express appreciation of Russian help to the Arab cause, and refused Nasser's plea for support of his plan to block clearance of the Suez Canal as long as the Israelis failed to withdraw. "If you block the canal, you don't hurt the Israelis, but you do hurt...
...interview shows as the Noah Websters and Fowlers of the age. Writes he: "They employ certain mandatory words and phrases, now becoming part of our general vocabulary: but seriously to indicate that what follows is to be duller than what has preceded; definitely for yes; great or wunnerful to express mild approval, or often merely to show that the M.C. has heard and noted a statement by the interviewee; he's so right; I've got news for yuh; that's for me." While quiz shows are "cultural"' in content, the tone...
...place among the Museum of Modern Art's new acquisitions. For his Late Afternoon (opposite), painted last summer in Provincetown, Mass., Kahn derived his inspiration from both the setting and his pretty model, Fellow Artist Emily Mason. He says of the completed work: "I tried to express tranquillity and contentment with overall lightness of tones, general vertical composition and subdued, dancing brush strokes...
...Europe-bound tourists, worried over reports of gas rationing and of train schedules dislocated by the Suez crisis, American Express had a reassuring word. Barring any drastic new international flare-up, Western European travel conditions will be just about the same as in 1956. After checking in with the governments of 18 countries, American Express...
Capp spent his time answering audience questions. In many of these he was able to express his political preferences. He thought both Oliver A. Yabook and Al Vellucci equally good, equally progressive candidates for the City Council...