Word: keene
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...President wanted an extension the 10% income tax surcharge as an anti-inflationary measure. He was notably less keen on tax reform at this time. Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield warned the President that he could not have the surtax without reform?and managed to impose this view on Finance Chairman Russell Long, a Louisiana Democrat to whom 27½% oil-depletion allowance is most precious the reform-bill cuts the allowance to 20%). As Senate Democrats were squabbling, however, Long's House counterpart, Ways and Means Chairmen Wilbur Mills, who cherishes the House's constitutional prerogative to originate revenue measures...
...secrecy about her White House days. "Mary never had much of a sense of history," said her husband, explaining that otherwise she would have kept a lot more White House memorabilia. To her former employer, it must seem that Mrs. Gallagher's sense of history was all too keen. In any event, the lesson for men and women of Jackie's eminence is quite clear. Never write memos. Never keep accounts. And above all, never bawl out a secretary...
...Calkins' keen sense of what is necessary at the movement dictated much of his own activity last month. Last President Pusey, he thought that the University was threatened. Unlike Pusey, he knew what to do about it. The Corporation had to emerge from its wraps, and so Calkins made himself visible and available...
Because this year's Harvard Commencement coincides with the 100th anniversary of Ulysses S. Grant's inauguration, speculation about potential honorary degree recipients has been especially keen...
Ananis, first team all-Ivy and third-team All-American last spring, won the award which goes "to the senior who has through his enthusiasm for the game shown consistent improvement and the highest degree of sportsmanship, determination, team play, and keen competitive spirit in keeping with the traditions of Harvard athletics...