Word: grins
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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There was a time not too long ago when Bluhdorn, with his truculent, toothy grin, used to say, "We are not a conventional company, and we are never going to be a conventional company." Maybe. But that kind of talk is rarely heard now that some threatening storm clouds have begun to gather over Bluhdorn's outfit...
Jones wheeled around behind Treasury, looking approvingly at the tourists all lined up to visit the White House. "Honk, honk," went a car. "Hey," yelled an occupant, "he's the Congressman from Tulsa!" Well, I'll be darned-a voter, thought Jones, waving back with a grin. He whizzed down the last block of Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House. Checked his watch. Seventeen minutes for the trip...
These assorted travails have left a visible mark on the Chancellor. His much-admired confidence now seems more like grating arrogance; he seldom flashes his famed toothy grin, and often appears wan and uncharacteristically glum. Says an aide: "He is deeply troubled, nothing goes right...
...dishwasher, he noticed a white cook spitting into the soup. To tell or not to tell the boss was the question. In the South, such tattling would have led to his being fired. He pondered his dilemma: "I wondered if a Negro who did not smile and grin was as morally loathsome to whites as a cook who spat into the food." Virtue, in this instance, triumphed...
...composed a magna thesis in two weeks working with very little research and a very shaky theoretical knowledge. Bentley was against nuclear power and for gun control. But for all of his ACLU Nader's Raiders sensibilities. Bentley--reclining in comfort on his waterbed, propped up by cushions--would grin in agreement as Kojak violated civil liberties right and left. To his amazement. Long John discovered Bentley applauding a particularly artistic gun battle one night. Kojak's appeal cut across political lines that spring...