Word: gripped
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Spending more dollars in Latin America is at best an iffy way of fighting Castro. Are more direct means available to the U.S. for breaking the Communist grip on Cuba? One possibility lies in the Monroe Doctrine-President James Monroe's 1823 warning to "the European powers" that the U.S. would "consider any attempt on their part to extend their system to any portion of this hemisphere as dangerous to our peace and safety...
...satisfied with a neutral Laos, unaligned with either bloc. But in letting its eagerness for a cease-fire show too plainly, the U.S. undermined what little morale the Royal Laotian Army had left, and the Russians seized the chance to stall negotiations while the Pathet Lao strengthened their grip until it has become a strangle hold...
...trimmed off excess weight with a diet of nuts, dried fruit and honey, built up muscle by lifting weights and doing 70 fingertip push-ups a day. From fellow South African Bobby Locke, Player picked up pointers on his short game. Later, from Ben Hogan, he learned how to grip his clubs properly. Says Hogan: "Gary is doing what I have long advocated: working hard on fundamentals and then working the fundamentals into his game. He is a fine, all-round player." In 1956, Player borrowed money to finance his first trip abroad. Since then, he has won the British...
...personal style has won him little so far in terms of legislative and diplomatic achievement. He has sent Congress a total of 15 major messages, better than one a week. Yet not much has come out of all the activity. Kennedy won a battle to break the conservative grip on the House Rules Committee by a skimpy five votes, and only then because Speaker Sam Rayburn had staked his personal prestige on the outcome. The President suffered a widely advertised defeat when the House, by a one-vote margin, rejected his proposed $1.25-an-hour minimum wage. Such key Kennedy...
...Kennedy's swing is smooth; his stance is good, his grip is proper and his backswing is slow. He normally gets between 225 and 250 yds. on his drives, but he is troubled by a hook. He is often sharp with his short irons (on a recent Palm Beach outing he unnerved his companions by dropping an approach shot for a birdie 3 on the first hole), and his putting is excellent. He is weakest with his long irons. Says Crosby: "He tops the ball. There's a term we have for that-menacing the field mice...