Word: gibe
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...gibe provoked the day's only moment of presidential ire. "Well, Lyndon," scowled the President, "you may very well remember that there were a lot of things before Congress at the time, and Congress wanted another year of study." Retorted Texan Johnson: "I know, but Mr. President, we did have that year of study and then another year of a study of the study." Unhelpfully, Wisconsin's Alexander Wiley reminded the President that the White House had "fixed up" the domestic watch industry, but had done nothing for Wisconsin cheese. Alarmed, Leverett Saltonstall spluttered that relief...
...your anti-British periodical you repeatedly gibe at British policy during the Munich crisis. Will you please state, clearly and succinctly, what the U.S. government did during that crisis to lessen the danger of war? I suggest that the answer be given, clearly and succinctly, in one word: nothing...
...bill will not vote for cloture. The Southern Senators, not the pro-filibuster Republicans, are the crux of the filibuster problem. No matter what precedents are set at this session the threat of their Talkethon hangs over any attempt to change the rules. By filibustering themselves, the liberals will gibe much more comfort to the Southerners, because they will be undermining their own anti-filibuster arguments...
...with a limited emphasis on the protection of executives. But to most companies, the fallacy in lavishing care on their machines while neglecting their men, is a recent revelation. No longer is an ulcer the badge of loyal devotion, a spare tire around the midriff an excuse for a gibe. They are visible signs of the depreciation of a valuable company asset. By last week the concern had become so great that Dr Harry J. Johnson, director of the Life Extension Examiners, could confidentially describe health programs as "the hottest thing in medicine today...
...Look out, Wilt! Gehrmann's behind you!" shouted a wag as the runners pounded around the first turn of Madison Square Garden's indoor track. FBI Man Fred Wilt, running in a special two-mile race in the IC4A meet last week, ignored the gibe, but he could hardly miss hearing the excited murmur of the crowd when the time at the mile mark was announced: 4:25.1. Racing once more at his favorite distance, Wilt was no longer playing pacesetter for Don Gehrmann's come-from-behind winning sprints at the mile...