Word: lateness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...most unseemly and undignified for the Vice President of the U.S. to engage in a public brawl with that expert in that field, Mr. Khrushchev, and worse still that he came off second best. After all, he should have remembered the technique of the late Joe McCarthy...
...Antipodes' sake, G.O.P. stands for Grand Old Party. The initials, referring to the Republican party, first came into use in the late 19th century. They have been variously attributed to an American adaptation of "Grand Old Man," affectionate nickname for Prime Minister Gladstone, political cartoonists' use of the abbreviation for convenience' sake (see cut*), and a Cincinnati Gazette printer who was short of space...
...poor boy," exclaimed the professor, "you certainly do need an education, and you have come just in time--pray God it is not indeed too late...
There is nothing-and nobody-left for Kirk Douglas to shoot down but his old friend, in a fair draw. Justice done, he hops the last train from Gun Hill. As his late friend's tart (Carolyn Jones) remarks: "Ya gotta admire someone who's got that much guts...
...failed to get far because the U.S. did not push it with vigor. Now the U.S. expects to plump hard for Ida at the World Bank's September meeting in Washington, set it up with initial capital of $1 billion (one-third contributed by the U.S.) by late 1960, gradually make it shift more and more of the aid burden from individual nations...