Word: friendlier
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...started at his stop watch. 'I caught you in 4.5. That's the fastest I've ever timed anyone.' I tried to say that I'd just as soon not do it again, but he insisted. He caught me in 4.5 again and after that became a lot friendlier...
...decades since, history has worked its vast and familiar changes -and the toothy smiles seem a lot friendlier now. Japan is a firm U.S. ally. For this week's issue, as a matter of fact, we had considered a cover story on Japan's Premier Sato. But the editors decided that the news about the formation of Germany's new government was more urgent. Thus, this week's cover on Chancellor Kurt Georg Kiesinger-who represents another example of how former foes can change...
Pared Margins. Ronald Reagan will still be faced with Democratic majorities in Sacramento, but their margins were pared to a bare-and possibly friendlier-predominance in both houses. Even powerful Jesse Unruh, Democratic speaker of the lower house and longtime rival of defeated Pat Brown, appeared close to defeat for a time in his once-safe suburban Los Angeles district. Unruh's margin: 9,000 votes...
...Senator Jacob Javits, last week ran large ads in major newspapers, soliciting investors to send in 100 for each share of A.T. & T. that they own in order to create a war chest. Javits wants to induce the FCC to scrub its investigation in favor of a friendlier "roundtable conference," contends that the company is entitled to at least 8% on its investment. His slogan: "Owners of the world, unite...
...couldn't have happened to a friendlier hippo. Making his home in the grey-green Kurasini Creek outside Dar es Salaam, Hugo is a happy-go-lucky sort who loves nothing better than romping with dogs on the bank, marching behind a herd of cattle, and frolicking in the creek, creating miniature tidal waves. Water skiers even skim over his partly submerged back without raising as much as a snort. But Hugo has a vice: good food...