Word: idealisms
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...first real campaign speech for the 1956 elections, Adlai Stevenson last week was crisp, caustic and effective. He had an ideal backdrop for his speech: Duluth, where Senator Hubert Humphrey's strongly pro-Stevenson Minnesotans cheered him to the echo. Some 900 Democrats slushed through the season's first snow to the National Guard Armory and cheerfully paid $10 a plate for roast beef and 50? for badges saying, "I'm still madly for Adlai." A jazz band played It's a Sin to Tell a Lie (also known as Be Sure It's True...
...romance, there were no villains, only victims. What modern Britons have come to demand and need most of all from their royal family is example. As the London Times put it last week: "The Queen has come to be the symbol ... in whom the people see their better selves ideally refleeted." But there was a corollary: in reflecting the national ideal, the monarchy must not set itself apart and away from the people it represents. The reflection must be that of normality clothed in ermine, and while the institution remains beyond reproach, the wearers of the ermine must show themselves...
...Page is about the ideal weight for his 5 ft. 8 in.-and proud of it. One thing that helps keep him there is his token lunch, such as a bowl of clear soup and a gobbet of cottage cheese doused with ketchup, washed down with skim milk. Much of his exercise comes from running up and down stairs in the seven-floor lab building: it is quicker than waiting for an elevator and is good for the muscles in the leg arteries. In summer, Page plays singles tennis, but is careful to play only...
Europe alone has retained the ideal of the superiority of the thinking man, Siegfried said. It is Europe's duty to achieve a balance between technology and ideas, he added...
...became familiar with parliamentary rules of order and fundamentals of self-government. In his trips to national conventions he came to know and understand farm boys from Maine and California, from Hawaii and from Puerto Rico. Says Joe of his benefits from the F.F.A.: "It's an ideal training ground for qualities like citizenship and leadership. In farming, just like anything else, there are disappointments. A fellow has to learn how to give and take in anything he tries. Here in the F.F.A. there are a lot of awards offered, with thousands of boys all trying to win them...