Word: linings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...after day in his briefings, Soviet Press Officer Kharlamov repeated his claim that the East Germans had been made full participants-implying diplomatic recognition by the West. On both sides of the Iron Curtain some news outlets accepted the line. Cried Radio Warsaw: "Victory for the U.S.S.R." Cabled Correspondent Mamoru Kikuchi to the Japan Times: "East Germany has won de facto recognition." Such was the effect of the Communist pitch that at one point U.S. Secretary of State Christian Herter felt obliged to spell out the West's attitude toward the East German regime during a conference session, persuaded...
After a surprised pause the 150 newsmen, used to having celebrities duck tough questions instead of invite them, began firing from the hip. The Shah shrugged off possibilities of a revolution ("the line adopted by Moscow radio"). But he frankly admitted that some tribal chiefs opposed him, although he had recently banned New York Timesman Sam Pope Brewer from Iran for saying as much. Asked about his blacklist of correspondents, the Shah said, "I wonder if even Mr. Sam Pope Brewer could not return to Iran...
...Harvard's varsity heavyweight crew lost its lead to Syracuse some 200 strokes from the finish line, then came on with a late burst to win by a scant 4 ft. in the 2,000-meter-sprint regatta of the Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges on Lake Carnegie at Princeton, N.J. A length behind the leaders, Yale finished third-its first rowing defeat since...
...dazzling acrobatic skill and cheerful dedication that somehow bring conviction to even the hoariest ballet plots. What the Russians' training does not give them is new ideas; their great weakness is oldfashioned, unimaginative choreography and a concentration on emotional music, uncomplicated stories and characterizations of line-drawn simplicity...
...Knudsen, "it gives people something to talk about. They can see it and they can understand it." Where the average age of previous Pontiac buyers was around 45, today's buyer is between 30 and 35. Another sales lure: Knudsen cut the price of expensive models, held the line on the lower-priced models, so that Pontiac's top-selling Catalina costs less than a Chevrolet Impala...