Word: flooringly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...personality alone. In a long career of public service, Strauss has distinguished himself. But he has a thorny, give-and-ask-no-quarter personality; he also has an implacable opponent of great talent and resolve. The result is Washington's highest drama - played out on the Senate floor, in cloakrooms, at black-tie dinners, in the seats at Griffith Stadium. As written by Bill Bowen and edited by Champ Clark, see the cover story on The Strauss Affair...
...resignation. Replied Ike: "I wouldn't accept Lewis' resignation even if he offered it. You can go out and say that when you leave this room." Dirksen did-and with the battle lines thus firmly, flatly drawn, the confirmation of Lewis Strauss finally came to the Senate floor after months of wrangling and wrestling...
From the 1,128-page record of the hearings, Democrats extracted the main ammunition for attacking Strauss on the Senate floor. Gist of the Democratic charge: Strauss's testimony is sprinkled with half truths and even lies. But the ammunition is small-bore stuff, proving only that under rough and hostile questioning, Strauss can be evasive, quibblesome and not above beclouding a point with big handfuls of debater's dust. Example, one that Gale McGee considers especially damaging to Strauss...
...their checkers to a four-week course at the University of Houston called "Grocery Checking with Charm," the nation's first such course. It teaches them personality and poise, how to dress and make up properly, how to discuss problems with customers, how to stand on a hard floor all day without becoming grouchy (keep a straight back and a stiff upper...
...train to Westport (so goes the story), a junior advertising executive was eagerly reading a book in a plain wrapper. The train hit a New Haven bump, the book fell to the floor, and the title was revealed for all to see: The Status Seekers. By the rules of status seeking, it was a serious goof: no smart social climber wants to be caught showing too much interest in the book, since anyone in secure social status should be above any concern with the restless and near-universal scramble for position that Author Vance (The Hidden Persuaders) Packard undertakes...