Word: grins
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Erhard sat silent throughout Adenauer's performance, showed no emotion even when der Alte turned to the economic matters which are Erhard's specialty and said: "Chancellor Erhard will . . . I mean Minister Erhard . . ." Both sides of the house dissolved in laughter as Adenauer permitted himself a rare grin. "Malicious critics will think I did that on purpose," he said. "But I assure you I did not. Well, maybe having a laugh in the middle of such a boring government statement is a good thing...
Flashing a familiar grin. Junior addressed audiences as "my friends," made a reminiscent pitch for Jack: ''He hates wah." Roosevelt also insinuated that Humphrey had dodged the draft in World War II (actually, Humphrey was involuntarily classified 4-F because of physical disabilities). Kennedy won the primary-and then Roosevelt publicly apologized to Humphrey...
...cruise about in their Mercedeses looking for likely sites on which to place what they hope will be 40 more stores in the capital alone. "These boys have done something for Mexico," says Jeronimo Arango Sr., surveying his sons' work. "And for ourselves," adds Jeronimo Jr. with a grin...
...Angolan border. But most of Tshombe's 2.000 bedraggled men paid heed to his plea to "cooperate with the U.N. and our Congolese brothers," dutifully stacked their arms at a nearby depot. At his yellow villa on the edge of Kolwezi, Tshombe greeted Noronha with a grin. "Nobody shot at you, I see," he cracked. Replied Noronha, throwing an arm around Tshombe's shoulders, "I have come to thank you for keeping your word...
...first time he bets he wins. Lana pawns her jewels to meet the ante. He wins again. Lana sells an antique clock. He wins again-big. She strips the flat. Dean is too plug-nutty to notice that his furniture is gone. With a grin that slits his throat from ear to ear he runs off to tell all his horseplaying pals about the bookie who brought him luck. They get all the cash they can carry and stack the packet on a three-legged lizard whose owner can't even sell it for dog meat. "Eighty...