Word: lincolnisms
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...White House dinner for Queen Elizabeth? Isn't being President of the United States enough distinction for him? Then what's he doing wearing this dog tag from the late George VI? If George Washington heard about this, he would turn over in his grave-and Abraham Lincoln...
...hard sell" is therefore thought necessary, and in the fierce competition loyalty to one's sponsor is more vital than talent. Ed Sullivan is rarely photographed far from a Lincoln automobile, and Eddie Fisher spent the second day of his honeymoon campaigning for CocaCola...
...Lincoln White, State Department press secretary, emphasized last night that Zarubin's meeting with Lacey was only an "opening session." He said that the two would confer again next Monday and begin consideration of practical problems...
...heads of state exchanged official greetings and began the great procession to the White House. All along the four-mile route, from the airport to the White House, a million celebrity-jaded Washingtonians cheered Ike and his guests as they rolled slowly in the President's bubble-topped Lincoln. As the Eisenhower grandchildren flattened their noses against the upstairs windowpanes, Mamie Eisenhower (who changed her dress at the very last minute from peony red to olive green) stepped to the White House porch, took the Queen's hand, burbled: "Welcome! We have been watching you on television...
Sirens howling, a motorcycle escort whisked President Adolfo Ruiz Cortines' Lincoln limousine through the gates of Mexico City's presidential residence, Los Pifios, one day last week. With Mexico's Federal District Governor Ernesto P. Uruchurtu tagging along, Ruiz Cortines was out to hang up an unofficial speed record for public-works dedications...