Word: extended
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...sure, a terrible temper, but as Field Marshal Lord Montgomery, a former subordinate and sometime critic of Eisenhower, said last week, "He had only to smile at you, and there was nothing you would not do for him." Even as a five-star general, Ike could extend his hand to an enlisted man and say: "My name's Eisenhower." He was also, perhaps, the only President who ever apologized (in 1955) for the length of his State of the Union address...
...hours getting to the two hospital and rehabilitation centers in Enugu, then spent only a few minutes at each. On that basis he then delivered an endorsement of Nigerian refugee policies on which he had clearly made up his mind before even visiting the centers." The British did, however, extend feelers toward a meeting between Wilson and Biafran Leader Odumegwu Ojukwu. Biafrans are hostile toward Britain because of the arms situation and refer to Wilson as the "crime minister...
Jenkins' position as liaison officer with various Allied military missions gives Powell a chance to extend his insular comic powers to foreign fields. It also allows a sidelong glance at some of the larger tragic ironies of World War II. With remarkable feeling, Powell conveys the consternation of those concerned with Anglo-Soviet relations when chilling evidence comes in that the Russians have massacred 10,000 Polish officer-prisoners in the Katyn Forest...
Most of them honor memberships from out-of-state clubs, though. They will extend guest privileges if some kind of membership identification is shown. Naturally, it always helps to know a member...
...economic problem is still inflation-a fact that was underscored last week by a Government survey predicting an increase in capital spending of nearly 14% in 1969, compared with only a 4% gain last year. To fight inflation, the Nixon Administration intends to extend the surtax, keep money tight and aim for a slight budget surplus-much the same policies that Lyndon Johnson pursued in his last days as President. Nixon will undoubtedly try to dispel the common belief that Republicans are irrevocably probusiness, especially since his overriding domestic goal is to "bring together" a nation that is already rent...