Word: laconicism
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"Life is unpredictable," said Saltonstall in his laconic way. "In sailing terms, we sometimes come about and start on a new tack, or as in this case, we jibe over sharply to an entirely different course. With the greatest reluctance, I plan to resign as principal of Exeter at the...
Standard's unexpected triumph stems from an infusion of new management and new ideas. Two years ago, faced with enormous retooling costs and an ominous sales slump, the Coventry automaker succumbed to a takeover bid by Leyland Motors Ltd., Britain's biggest truck and bus maker. Leyland'...
At MacDill Air Force Base in Florida, Lieut. Colonel Joseph O'Grady, 41, commander of the 29th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, arose at 2:30 a.m., by 3:30 was being briefed in the base operations building. The date was Oct. 29, 1962. O'Grady's mission: to...
When the football players at Brigham Young University, a big Mormon school in Provo, Utah, huddle before the game, they do not pray for victory. "We just pray," says a player wryly, "that we'll come out in one piece." For 21 seasons, the toothless Cougars were the pussycats...
"I live by writing and curiosity." A man to be found asking penetrating questions in untraveled places, Alastair Reid, the individual who so characterizes himself, is a poet and a European correspondent for the New Yorker. That this laconic and bushy-browed Scotsman has a lively curiosity is evident from...