Word: khaki
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...peaceful spell, Israel's unsleeping sentinel retired, full of years and honors, to Sde Boker, a pioneer desert settlement, to plough fields, search the writings of the philosophers for "universal truth" and ponder the mission of man-and of Israel. Then, white of mane but wearing the familiar khaki battle dress of his wartime leadership, the hard, headlong man of decision came back to power...
Before the five men lie bulging portfolios in colored leather: khaki for the Army's General Maxwell Taylor, blue for the Air Force's General Nathan Twining, navy blue for the Navy's Admiral Arleigh Burke, brown for the Marine Corps' General Randolph Pate, and a nonsymbolic black for the fifth man-the quiet man -four-star Admiral Arthur William Radford, 60, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and senior military adviser to the President. Before these five military officers also lies an awesome agenda. It can sweep across the types and size of next...
...Moscow, continued to stress the need for normal relations with the Soviet state. As Mr. Graubard points out, Labour's initial position as a pariah in domestic politics resembled that of the Bolsheviks in the community of nations. Moreover, they faced a common enemy: "The forces which engineered Khaki elections, and published posters with slogans of 'red menace' attached to gory images, were now involved in creating and ostracizing a foreign 'foe.' The Labour Party's adversary was also Russia's enemy; how sensible, therefore, that the party should be Russia's friend...
...harsh cry from the back of the church made everyone jump. "Peace! Peace! Where can we find peace?" Shouldering through the crowd at the door came a stocky man in a khaki jacket wearing a pistol in a shoulder holster. Following him were a woman in a peasant kerchief and a small girl. In a front pew, severe-looking Gifford Proctor, a business executive, demanded: "Who comes to this house of God seeking peace...
...British synonym for "gallantry and folly" is the burden of the latest book by Alan Moorehead, Australian World War II war correspondent (North Africa, Europe). His account of this last great battle for Constantinople, when Western man last fought for "glory" and "immortality," gleams like a ribbon on khaki...