Word: hinting
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...hint at the possibility of some kind of restrictions on nonwhite immigration to Britain, Butler was in tune with an increasingly vocal segment of British opinion. The Trades Union Congress (see below) last week condemned any proposal to raise bars against Commonwealth non-whites and the Labor Party planned to insert an antidiscrimination plank in its next election program. Yet three of London's twelve leading newspapers-the Daily Mail, Daily Mirror and Daily Telegraph-supported restrictions as did a growing number of Tory M.P.s and a few Laborites. And at week's end the Daily Express announced...
...unnamed, it will be the smallest U.S.-built auto on the road: almost 3 ft. shorter (175¼ in. overall) than any Big Three car, 3 in. shorter than American Motors' Rambler, which has sold 104,677 cars this year. For customer appeal its design will have "a hint" of this year's Hawk sports car in its styling. For variety S.-P.'s "Model X" will come in four body styles, have a choice of V-8 or six-cylinder engines. Said President Harold Churchill: "I'm happy to see the Big Three coming...
...from Washington came a strong hint to fellow Texans on the eve of the state primary election: Speaker Sam Rayburn, the voice of authority to many a Texas Democrat, had cast his absentee ballot for Liberal Democrat Ralph W. Yarborough, incumbent junior U.S. Senator seeking reelection. Election day vote counting proved that Mr. Sam had lots of company. Results at week's end: 680,000 for Yarborough, 486,000 for William A. Blakley, Yarborough's multimillionaire opponent, who had hoped to lead the forces of Texas Democratic conservatism back to power in Washington. Also nominated: Governor Price Daniel...
...there was a sense of an underlying drive, the hint of a trickier side to this strongman that left doubts...
...doing, the Generalissimo also gave a strong hint of his future plans. If General Chen does the usual efficient job the Gimo expects from him, he may well succeed to the presidency in 1960. At that time the Gimo, who is 70, will complete his second six-year term, and Taipei is betting that he will not ask to have the constitution changed to permit a third. Instead, he is expected to turn over the presidency to Chen, and continue to have a hand in things by retaining the powerful director-generalship of the Kuomintang Party...