Word: fondly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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L.B.J., he relates in page after fact-packed page, is "fond of soft, fattening foods-chipped beef, creamed chicken, beef stroganoff, lamb hash, stuffed peppers. He loves tapioca pudding. . . A homemade pie makes Mr. Johnson swallow with anticipation." When he is angry or irritated, "his mouth forms a huge 'O' and he sounds like a hog caller." He makes telephone calls while he dresses, so that he might be talking about the threat of thermonuclear war "with one leg thrust into the trousers." When he kisses Lady Bird, "he enfolds her in his arms and says goodnight...
Stiffened Spine. Yet today is yesterday's tomorrow, and many of yesterday's fond hopes are still hopes. For all the hallelujahs, Brazil today-like all of its neighbors in Latin America-is faced with staggering problems that cannot be put off much longer. Brazil has South America's highest child-mortality rate (11.2%), its third highest illiteracy rate (50%), its third lowest per-capita income ($285), and one of its most ruinous rates of inflation (41%). About 1% of Brazilian landowners control 47% of the farm land. Side by side with a wealthy aristocracy dwell filth...
...risk of becoming passe by then. As Psephologist Scammon notes: "The life span of the presidential butterfly is not great." Meanwhile the New York Senator is aiming his appeal at a special constituency. Within five years, 26 million new voters will have come of age, and Kennedy is fond of quoting Goethe's dictum: "The destiny of any nation, at any given time, depends on the opinions of its young men under...
...hope that at least our response will have prevented MRA from using a mere appearance at an institution as an ostensible endorsement by it or any of its organizations--a device this group is fond...
When Mac calls, the team listens, and the noisiest diversion dwindles into the background. For the voice belongs to James Smith McDonnell, 67, whose paternal pep talks are the hallmark of a remarkably successful modern businessman. "Our work," he is fond of saying, "is part of a great team effort. I congratulate all of you who have worked so long and hard." Invariably, he closes: "This is old Mac signing...