Word: leaned
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...lean and hungry Republicans were outnumbered about 5 to 2 in voter strength. But they rallied solidly behind Political Science Professor John Tower, 35. They overhauled the wheezing G.O.P. organization, shunted off many old-line candidates and workers, recruited volunteers from among young businessmen and college graduates. Tower supporters manned ten telephones for twelve hours every day. The drive caught on. Last week, by a slim margin, Texans sent John Tower to Washington-their first Republican Senator since Reconstruction days...
...army, he declared publicly, was "rabble," and the local press angrily quoted him as calling Army Boss Mobutu a "bandit." In time, Dayal lost personal contact with all Congolese leaders, eventually withdrew to haughty isolation in his own elegant residence. When, after Lumumba's death, he seemed to lean over backward to favor Antoine Gizenga's Red-leaning Stanleyville regime, Dayal also lost the trust of the big Western nations...
...wonders, however, how much farther the Cuban government would lean toward the Communists if we were to send a representative to Cuba to talk directly with Fidel Castro, not to negotiate but rather to deliver an ultimatum: "The Cuban government has 24 hours in which to renounce all connection with the Soviet government and return to a position in keeping with the principles expressed and implied in the Monroe Doctrine." An extra 10,000 Marines on Guantanamo and the Atlantic fleet on "maneuvers" in the Caribbean should leave no doubt that we meant business...
...spotlight shows a girl and a man. They lean toward each other, foreheads squidged in sympathy. "Do you know how long it's been since I've had a meaningful relationship?" asks Dorothy. "How long? How long?" says Bernard. She tells him two years; he tells her never. The air is charged. They seem on the verge of something meaningful. But they worry: Does "meaningful" merely mean "making out"? This would be bad. "You take sex out of context," Bernard goes on gloomily, "and it's just hell." After a few more exchanges, he observes earnestly...
...Souls' roster of former Fellows ranges from Architect Christopher Wren and Lawyer William Blackstone of Commentaries fame, to Britain's turn-of-the-century Prime Minister Lord Salisbury, and three viceroys of India (Curzon, Chelmsford, Halifax). Typically, the Fellows lean heavily to law and history. Only recently did All Souls elect its first modern scientist. Geneticist (specialty: butterflies) Edmund B. Ford, but the belated-ness of this honor fails to disturb Warden John H. A. Sparrow, a former barrister. "Is it more important to be like everyone else," he asks, "or to be like yourself...