Word: hinting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...entirely from one House but it is nonetheless a pity that one of them had to be Benvolio (Donald Scharfe). His announcement of Mercutio's death, one of the play's most poignant moments, he turns into a moment of near comedy. "Mercutio is dead," he says, without the hint of emotion in his voice. So what...
...Kennedy had hoped at the meeting for a hint of Soviet relaxation, he was disappointed. Frozen-faced Gromyko thawed not one bit as the two men talked formally for 30 minutes, surrounded by aides. Then Kennedy stood up from his padded wooden rocking chair, invited Gromyko to join him for a few minutes alone, and the two men stepped through the French doors into the sunny Rose Garden. There Gromyko appeared to soften, especially after Jacqueline Kennedy stopped by momentarily to greet Gromyko warmly and bid goodbye to Husband Jack before departing for Palm Beach...
...Mojave Desert, Veteran Test Pilot Joseph Albert Walker rode the nation's most advanced research craft-the North American X-15-to a height of 169,600 ft. (32.12 miles). Walker's flight lifted him farther from earth than man has gone before and provided a strong hint that the winged aircraft may provide a very feasible way of getting to the top edges of the atmosphere...
Achievement of a neutral Laos would be no Kennedy victory, but if neutrality could be preserved, it would be an acceptable stopgap solution. Implicit in Kennedy's words was a hint of a big stick-a warning that, in spite of all the hazards of warfare and the possibility of another Korea, the U.S. would fight if necessary to keep the Reds from overrunning Laos. The troops were ready, and Secretary of State Rusk was at the SEATO conference in Bangkok to rally the U.S.'s allies (see following story...
Comedy indicates a "different temperament" from tragedy, Bentley said. "It prefers only to hint at the serious side," while tragedy confronts pain directly, "taking terror by the hand." Comedy "veils its feelings with eloquencies, while tragedy is a "long lament...