Word: impromptu
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...that our people reach some general understanding of what the complications really are, rather than react from a passion or prejudice or an emotion of the moment." It was this gesture that led many members of the audience to believe to this day that the "Marshall Plan" was an impromptu stroke of genius that the General happened to toss out at the end of his prepared address...
...muddy Maragheh plain in honor of the royal presence. Baggy-pants peasants and their red-cheeked women and children crowded close to stare at Mohammed Reza Pahlevi, Shah of Iran, resplendent in the green uniform of army commander in chief. Suddenly, the Shah asked for the microphone, delivered an impromptu talk to the crowd. "I've been in this land reform business for over ten years," he said. "It's now reached its decisive stage. Believe me, it is no honor to be King of a poor and hungry people." As he handed out land deeds, the Shah...
Equipment for impromptu games is stored in the Field House at the Quad, and can be checked out at any time. "We have everything up there but a football," Miss Paget said, "and that's coming...
...Music are studying the guitar. Chicago's Old Town School of Folk Music has more than 100 guitar students ranging in age from ten to 70. Only last week, six Peace Corpsmen, bound for Nigeria, startled their boss R. Sargent Shriver, by unleashing their guitars for an impromptu serenade...
...White House and the White House press corps have come to trust. When Kennedy went down to Latin America last week with a batch of speech texts in hand, Romagna went along too; he accurately transcribed not only the slightest presidential departure from the script, but Kennedy's impromptu remarks at public receptions along the route. "Keeping the press happy is my prime objective," says Romagna. "Keeping the official file is secondary...