Word: fussed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...treasonous situation" in which four Yugoslav pilots and four maintenance men were being trained at Perrin in the use of the F-86. By last week angry Texans had formed a "National Indignation Convention" that was drawing crowds of 2,000 and more at its rallies. And the fuss stirred up by Texan Knickerbocker was making national headlines about the policies of three U.S. administrations on military aid to Communist Yugoslavia...
...enough, they feel, that Roman Catholics so often get away with calling themselves plain Catholics, although anyone who says the Apostles' Creed identifies himself as a member of the Holy Catholic Church.* But to carry the label Protestant, which goes back more to Martin Luther than to the fuss with Henry VIII, seems to them unjustly imprecise...
...Lacerda is a formidable antagonist. He returned to Rio and announced that Justice Minister Horta had invited him to join a Quadros plot to grab more authority for himself by sending Brazil's holdover Congress into permanent recess. As Lacerda's charges began to stir a fuss, Quadros dramatically resigned. It was seven years and a day from the resignation and suicide of Brazilian Strongman Getúlio Vargas, another President who had incurred Lacerda's wrath...
...fuss grew, and reporters jangled telephones in Hyannisport, where the President was seeking weekend relaxation. But Press Secretary Pierre Salinger professed complete ignorance of any attempt to fire Bowles. When he got back to Washington, Kennedy was so irked by the splurge of Bowles-inspired stories that he canceled a White House lunch with Hubert Humphrey, summoned Bowles back to a second meal. This time there were no leaks, but Salinger announced with finality that Bowles was going on an important, 18-day trip to meet with chiefs of U.S. missions in Africa, the Middle East and South Asia. Obviously...
Sandys' first stop was New Zealand, which, surprisingly, made the least fuss despite the fact that it stands to lose the most should Britain cuts its Common wealth trade ties. Last year New Zealand shipped 89% of its butter, 94% of its cheese, 94% of its lamb and mutton to Britain-all told, half of its total exports. "The British government provides our very livelihood," pleaded Prime Minister Keith Holyoake, then agreed to a Sandys communique approving Britain's opening negotiations with the Six, provided that New Zealand's interests were safe guarded...