Word: halos
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...meeting of Ike and Nixon at Wheeling was reported in mocking purple prose by the Post's Murray Kempton: "A star was born unto the Republican Party last night . . . Nixon stood up before chilled and adoring thousands ... an antiaircraft beacon's rays upon his brow for a halo . . . his voice soft, hushed and equipped with a catch of rare contrivance, with Pat's eyes shining up at him and soap of infinite purity bubbling over all ... Eisenhower was very glad to play the slow violin accompaniment [to] 'Richard Faces Life...
...City Manager John B. Atkinson developed a halo during his decade in office, and he deserved it. Where once aldermen grew fat from their trucking contracts with Cambridge, city officials from kickbacks, and politicians in general from the hopeless tangle of Cambridge finance, Atkinson reduced city administration to a degree of orderliness and efficiency which any modern corporation would be proud to claim...
...this, Atkinson's halo kept shining long after its wearer's usefulness ended. Thus, when the Council ousted Atkinson, the Boston Herald lamented, "John J. Curry (the new manager) will begin his term under a cloud. . ." There were many others in the chorus of indignation. To them, Atkinson was not simply a reformer, he was reform itself, and it mattered little if his was the kind that measures progress only in terms of a decreasing tax-rate...
Happily, two Cambridge Civic Association city councillors, Crane and Deguglielmo, had long since adjusted their eyesight to the halo's glare. As politicians, they knew far better than the despairing Herald that efficiency and honesty are no more than first steps to good government. Happily, too, the man they helped elect has equally keen eyes...
...very least, though, Curry enters office aware of his city's requirements, and that is an improvement. Perhaps he will never gain a halo, but in his own way he will probably do as much for Cambridge as his predecessor...