Word: inners
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...caballeros seemed to abandon all restraint. The smiling President, who loved the companionship of happy people and prided himself on his conviviality, went from one party to another. Sometimes the cronies would repair to an Acapulco yacht or to one of the ranches, and certain members of the inner circle would invite a planeload of high-spirited girls to join the party. At one time or another, the name of almost every well-known Mexican movie actress was whispered as a presidential party guest. When the blowouts were staged at the Lower California ranch, pretty Hollywood companions were also near...
...among them. On the contrary, they tried their best to make him feel at home-and tried so hard that he felt just the opposite. Menen's schoolteachers assured him that, despite his Indian complexion, he was heir, "by virtue of my birth certificate," to all the wonderful inner characteristics that made Englishmen the most cultured, most advanced, most notable people in the world. They even argued that, despite his Indo-Irish parentage, he had, if he tried hard, an excellent chance of growing into an honest...
...this too much to ask of students? Not at all, says John Holden. "Work is nothing new. Coeducation is nothing new. Making your own entertainment is nothing new. This school will just be a transition between home and college that provides students with some of the inner resources of which many people have been robbed by easy modern living...
...exaggerated American expectations regarding the adoption by its partners of its own political concepts will make way for a more realistic view ... All this can have a good effect if the West, at the same time, escapes the dangers involved in any weakening of its inner cohesion in the face of ... imperialist Communism...
Bravery & Bravado. Right from boyhood, Byron greedily determined to have an outward career as exciting as his inner life, and to get, if possible, the best of both worlds. A deformed foot and excess weight stood in his way, so at 19 he grimly started training. "I have lost 18 LB in my weight ... by violent exercise and Fasting ... I wear seven Waistcoats and a greatcoat, run, and play at cricket in this Dress, till quite exhausted by excessive perspiration, and the Hip Bath daily; eat only a quarter of a pound of Butcher's Meat in 24 hours...