Word: high
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...what is perhaps world diplomatic history's most astonishing statistic, he traveled 559,988 miles on his mission. High in the sky, far from the minutiae of State Department administration, he could sort out basic policies, could weigh the strengths, problems and needs of the nations and leaders he had just seen-many of them, such as West Germany's Konrad Adenauer and Nationalist China's Chiang Kaishek, his friends. High in the sky he could also slip into a sweater and carpet slippers, read his detective stories, sip rye on the rocks, play the inevitable backgammon...
...Gates has not had a full-fledged vacation in six years, manages only a few hours at a time for golfing (mid-80s), boating with his wife Anne and their three daughters, romping with his four grandchildren. Says a longtime banker friend from Philadelphia: "Tom Gates has an unusually high sense of public duty. It's in the nature...
...guest in question was Polish-born George Adamski, 68, who until several years ago ran a humble hamburger stand at the foot of California's Palomar mountain. Then one day he happened to meet a courteous and high-domed gentleman, and the gentleman was from the planet Venus. One thing led to another, and some time later a man from Mars and another from Saturn asked him in a hotel lobby if he would like to take a spin in space. The trip aloft included refreshments ("a small glass of colorless liquid") with an "incredibly lovely" blonde named Kalna...
...about "the Finance Minister. Last week the committee broke into applause as Finance Minister Antoine Pinay finished his report. He had good news: France is economically healthier than it has been in three decades. Spurred by last December's 17.5% devaluation of the franc, exports are now almost high enough to match imports, producing a tidy surplus in the balance of payments. Industrial production is on the way up again. The government has cut its heavy budget deficit (caused largely by the Algerian war) to half the 1,200 billion francs predicted earlier. The government had expected prices...
Much of U Nu's anger at the army seems rooted in his belief that high officers are in league with U Nu's political rivals to prevent his victory at the next elections-whenever they are held. The army has also embarrassed U Nu by turning up numerous cases of corruption in his government. So far, by general agreement, General Ne Win has served Burma well. He has kept prices generally stable, has cleared miles of hideous Rangoon slums, and moved 100,000 squatters out of the city. The general has not tampered with the courts...