Word: gain
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...emphasis is very much on the war which is at hand. General Earle Wheeler, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, flew to Saigon for his eleventh visit-and his first in seven months-"to gain firsthand information on the situation." Wheeler went out of his way to blunt the growing criticism of the way that General William C. Westmore land, the U.S. commander, is conducting the war, and to slap down speculation that he might soon be relieved of his command. "A corollary purpose" of the tour, said Wheeler, "is to convey to General Westmoreland the great confidence placed...
...barrage of criticism. "Stop boxing," he grumbles, or "Stop moving your fanny; I'm not teaching ballet." Even a compliment may be prefaced with "That was the worst thing I have seen in my whole life." Such treatment, says Swarowsky, "strengthens their character and teaches them how to gain the upper hand of the orchestra...
Power? Killy's start as so explosive that he once burst right out of his bindings. Control? "This is a sport of millimeters," he says. "Sometimes it's worth it to take risks, but sometimes it costs you more than you gain. For example, if you have three turns followed by a right angle at the end, the ideal thing to do is to take the three turns as fast as you can and still make the right angle tightly. But sometimes you are better off taking the first three turns more easily so that you can take...
...HOFFA'S JAILERS, he recently castigated prison authorities for returning devotional material that some nuns had sent to Convict Hoffa. He explained his own devotion to Hoffa. "As is this newspaper," he wrote, "the Teamsters are concerned with mercy, charity and helping the average citizen of the U.S. gain the highest possible living standards...
...vociferousness) of those who take it. A non-obstructing, massive anti-war demonstration is our strongest card, and if the more radical will settle for it, we can play it. However, if an ambiguous, fragmented demonstration like the last one occurs, the anti-war movement will lose, not gain, some of the serious attention it ought to have from persons not already convinced. Leonard Rieser...