Word: leeway
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...President went on to say that Stevenson's performance at the U.N. was "admirable''; the U.S., he added, "needs you more" there than in the Senate. Further, said Kennedy, Stevenson would play "an expanding role" in determining U.S. foreign policy-meaning that Adlai might have more leeway in what he says, though Kennedy and Secretary of State Dean Rusk will still be in control...
...hour, he has submitted, half anxiously, half belligerently, a rough pencil sketch of his idea to Editorial Page Editor Robert Lasch. The two have a smooth working relation. "Bob," says Mauldin, "is like a good cop, there to protect you, not to arrest you." Mauldin is given unusual leeway in his work; the paper has never asked him to come out for or against anyone. On the other hand, says Lasch, "there have never been any serious disagreements. Mauldin does not consider himself bigger than the Post-Dispatch...
Given this leeway, rival centers struggle for position in their own private wrestling matches under the basket. Boston's barrel-chested Jim Loscutoff is respected for his skill at disconcerting a jump shooter by jabbing him in the ribs with a massive forefinger. New Boy Robertson is already an expert at putting a hand on his man's hip and swinging himself around his rival. (Says Schayes: "Someone is going to grab that arm some day and throw Robertson into the third row.") St. Louis' hulking Clyde Lovellette daintily holds his man by the seam...
...would take in the cold war. In foreign affairs, Quadros denounced Communism as "the new imperialism." At the same time, he opened Brazil's arms "without prejudice, to all nations of the new world as well as to the ancient communities of Europe and Asia." The announcement left leeway for the wish-expressed by Quadros during a pre-election trip to Moscow-for relations with Russia that might help dispose of Brazil's 40 million bags of surplus coffee...
...sulphur-mouthed ex-Marine and ex-middleweight boxer; Shortstop Dick Groat, the intense, introspective team captain (now sidelined by a broken left wrist); and Right Fielder Roberto Clemente (.320), a showboating Puerto Rican. "They're all major leaguers," says Murtaugh. "I give 'em plenty of leeway...