Word: finger
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Bevan wagged a pudgy finger at the crowd and said: "We have opportunities our forefathers never had. Thanks to Socialism, the bad old days are behind us, new urgencies press upon us, but ordinary men and ordinary women using free institutions can do extraordinary things. It's just that we can't afford the luxury of a Tory government. The most patriotic thing Churchill can do is to resign next week...
...When one delegate told Stassen not to rely on him in a second ballot, Stassen said: "Then I don't want you on the first." In the morning caucus, sentimental loyalties to Stassen fought with political realities. Governor Elmer Anderson, Senator Edward Thye and Mrs. F. Peavey Heffel-finger, national committeewoman, asked Stassen to release them so that they could vote for Eisenhower. With tears in his eyes he agreed. Three more delegates asked to be released unconditionally, and again he reluctantly agreed, and added that the whole delegation could switch to Ike if he had more than...
General Charles de Gaulle has often wagged his finger at his country's greatest weakness: too many gabby political parties, all too small. Last week De Gaulle's own party, the powerful Rally of the French People (R.P.F.), added one more splinter group to the eleven squabbling parties in the French National Assembly. Thirty Gaullist Deputies and five Senators who bolted R.P.F. in protest against its "negative and sterile attitude" towards Premier Antoine Pinay (TIME, July 14) formed something called the Independent Group for Republican and Social Action. Edmond Barrachin, the fast-talking Parisian columnist...
...coverage. But Lippmann, like many another TV-viewer, also leaned heavily on the work of hundreds of newspaper reporters. Throughout the convention, soaring newspaper sales indicated that TV probably whets the appetite for newspaper news, rather than dulls it. Said Editor Louis Seltzer, putting his finger on the big flaw in TV coverage alone: "The people at the convention can't tell what's happening without expert advice, and neither can those looking at television. Newspapers now need more interpretation and analysis. We've got to tell people what they've seen...
...their finger in the credit pie, Jarrell sold hundreds of banks and finance houses on the idea of offering an Old Republic policy every time they made a loan. Old Republic went after loans of $1,000 and less, while other credit houses and companies preferred to stick to bigger loans. To cover every situation, Jarrell offered two types of credit life insurance. Under the first plan ($1 a year for every $100 borrowed), the balance of the loan still outstanding at death is paid off; under the second ($2 a year per $100), the loan balance is paid...