Word: frown
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Lane's fellow bankers may frown on such flamboyance, but they can only marvel at his accomplishments. In 21 years as president of Georgia's Citizens & Southern National Bank, he has certified himself not only as a leading innovator in U.S. banking, but also as Atlanta's most colorful civic leader. Under his command, Citizens & Southern has grown into the biggest bank (assets: $1.3 billion) in the Deep South, and Lane restlessly continues to expand its operations both inside Georgia and out. This week, for example, he plans to fly to the Caribbean for the formal opening...
...offended by this comparison) is that its pieces, though written by individuals, must be read to the rest of the organization for peer approval. Thus there is a tendency not to include anything strikingly different from what has been accepted before for fear that someone will frown and say, "I don't think that's funny." This is why most Lampoon pieces might just as well be written by the same, mildly amusing, but not really funny, person...
Mosteller and others frown on this trend. They see money being wasted on new hardware while the existing computers continue at less than capacity. And if more hardware should be required, Mosteller's committee would like to see it purchased by the Computer Center rather than by individual departments...
...totally unrepentant Brown asked, in effect: What was all the fuss about? "I'm not prelending that I don't drink alcohol," he said. "I work jolly hard, many hours a day, and I don't do other things that people might frown on. If you want a Foreign Secretary who does not do anything wrong, I am not the guy you want-and I reckon the fellow you get will not be a very good Foreign Secretary. The country has to make up its mind whether it will accept me as I am, because there...
...Yovicsin sat tall and dignified in the Dillon Field House Lounge, the picture of the good winner, defeated Lafayette coach Bruce Gamble sat slightly slumped in his chair, a deep frown creasing his face...