Word: forcefullness
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British officials were furious at the faintheartedness on the Continent but publicly confined themselves to polite expressions of disappointment. Other reactions were more forceful. London's Daily Mail called the Europeans "jellyfish," while in the U.S. the Wall Street Journal titled its editorial on the subject "The Euro-Cowards." Snapped...
That's why they decided at the football game to take the most forceful approach possible despite the presence of a stadium of full of students, alumni, parents and guests.
"Nick Branca was the victor just because he's awfully 'shmenly," Wolff noted. "I wouldn't call him obnoxious, but he's a forceful character who says some funny things."
In that role Tisch is sure to be forceful. He is, as one CBS board member puts it, "a tough, gut fighter who wants his way." One of the first things Tisch wanted was the resignation of CBS News Division President Van Gordon Sauter, 51, a close ally of Wyman...
Shultz' public threat to resign forced the Adminstration to back down from the testing plan, and the Secretary was hailed for his principled position. Even Anthony Lewis '48 of The New York Times, one of the most consistent and forceful foes of the foreign policy Shultz oversees, was moved to...