Word: galling
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...much did Lyndon Johnson's low physical state, which lasted for months following his gall-bladder operation in 1965, contribute to his leadership malaise? Considerably, says his former aide Bill Moyers. L.B.J. had times of depression, became mentally flat, got testy with his staff and angry at the press. His decisions about the Viet Nam War and how much to tell the people became distorted...
...Heathrow who appeared at last week's hearing put it more poetically. "Concorde's noise is unbearable, above the threshold of pain," testified the Rev. Hugh Montifiore. "It is not hell, because hell goes on forever. It is more like a secular form of purgatory, or a gall-bladder attack that comes and goes...
...servant would dare to confront her employer so boldly would be unthinkable in a household of the British or American aristocracy. That a woman so recently arrived in the position of having a housekeeper would not be threatened (as Rosamond was not) by this kind of display of gall should be unthinkable in this...
...gone a lot less smoothly than hoped. The picture, filmed in Leningrad and based on Maurice Maeterlinck's classic fairy tale, first faltered when the Russian cinematographer overexposed much of the early film and had to be replaced. Then one U.S. star (James Coco) dropped out for gall-bladder surgery and another (Elizabeth Taylor) fled to a London hospital suffering from amoebic dysentery. Last week everything seemed back in focus as members of the crews and cast gathered at the Leningrad Hotel for a buffet of caviar and vodka. The hostess? The completely recovered Elizabeth Taylor, who displayed...
There are no truly secure pensioners in the Mafia, but the retired Chicago don Sam Giancana, 66, was probably as much at ease one night last week as a man with his past could be. Just back from Houston and a gall-bladder operation, he had enjoyed a festive homecoming dinner in his fortress-like brick house in the Chicago suburb of Oak Park. His guests were the handful of people he could trust: one of his daughters and her husband; Charles ("Chuckie") English, his partner in myriad syndicate enterprises over the years; and his loyal courier-chauffeur, Dominick ("Butch...