Word: face
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...such an opportunity of strengthening ourselves at Russia's expense. We must do this right away because otherwise Tito will succumb to Stalin's blockade, have to fall back into line. We are taking risks--that war may somehow come out of this, or that we may lose face or money--but all policies, especially strong ones, involve some dangers. At any rate the status quo is unsatisfactory and if we do run a little risk in trying to changes it, well, it's a good cause...
People's Good. He is stern as well as loving. His face looks down from posters, exhorting the people to put a stop to bribery: "Cast aside these vile practices. The giver is just as guilty as the receiver." Once he berated some refugees who gathered on his lawn in an unruly plea for relief; then he let them encamp under his window. Next morning, after a sleepless night, Nehru contritely promised to explore their grievances. In 1947, after appealing to Delhi's citizens to open their doors to homeless Hindus from Pakistan, he put up more than...
People's Example. No Nehru characteristic is more striking than his determination to set a personal example for his people, to teach them face to face, to guide every detail of their new national life...
...city's lifted face is a deception. Ask any Westberliner. He'll tell you that the grass was seeded and the rubble cleared by men made jobless by the blockade, and that the sparkling shops are near bankruptcy...
...Goal. Hilton began eyeing the Waldorf in 1942 when he bought a batch of Hotel Waldorf-Astoria Corp. bonds with a face value of $500,000 for $22,500, or 4? on the dollar. A few years later, after the bonds had soared, he sold out at a profit of $412,000 to raise cash to buy Chicago's Palmer House. But he never forgot his goal. Last week, Connie Hilton proudly announced that he had reached it. Both he and the Waldorf's stockholders had signed the deal, and barring "a fire, an atom bomb...