Word: letting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Fourth Day. On Thanksgiving morning, Jim Hagerty was ready with big news. "Let me end this in a hurry," he told newsmen. "The President is going to church today . . ." Just before 11 a.m., the President left the White House, rode a half-mile with the First Lady to attend Thanksgiving service at the National Presbyterian Church. They sat in a fifth-row pew on the left center side, joined in singing Faith of Our Fathers, 0 God, Beneath Thy Guiding Hand and Our Father's God, heard the pastor, the Rev. Edward L. R. Elson, offer a special prayer...
THERE are three choices. One is to let the powers of the President be exercised in fact, though not in name, by the White House staff, by some of the more powerful members of the Cabinet, the military chieftains and the Vice President. The second is to resign. This would be an unavoidable decision, were it not that there is a third and much less drastic and tragic course open to him. That is to pass to the Vice President-temporarily and only for the period of his convalescence-the powers and duties of his office, but not the office...
...essence of espresso is speed," explained Morris Yarrow, proprietor of the new Cafe Mozart, as he brought out two cups. "The process is the reverse of tea making, where you let the tea infuse slowly into the water." At the Plympton Street cafe, abstract paintings have replaced the chalk drawings of the old Capriccio, while uniform black tables and unpainted chairs contribute a slight austerity to Yarrow's coffee house...
...let the children play outside," the mother said, "because I have to keep an eye on them. You see, we haven't a yard, and it's a crowded street. We had to repaint the place ourselves; the rent is $85 a month. One of the kids has to sleep on the sofa...
...quadrupled during the last few years. Such a state of affairs would seem to be a boon for art dealers; their problems, however, have increased, for the work of most modern French masters is today comfortably settled on the walls of American museums and private collections. Almost nothing, let alone important work, is available...