Word: lipping
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...accept refugees in Israel at this stage of the game would be as unrealistic as our country's granting entry to 900,000, or even 960 Communists. As for rectifying "unrealistic borders," Israel has urged that-not in 1956, but in 1949 and on and on and on. Lip service by Arab leaders won't solve the Middle East crisis, but a positive reply to an Israeli peace offering just might do the trick...
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Many Democrats may continue to suspect that acceptance of New Deal concepts by Republican leaders amount to no more than lip service. They may assert that agencies such as the Labor Board or the Securities and Exchange Commission, which are administered by Republican appointees who do not believe in them, are in unsafe hands, and they will certainly point to the favoring of special interests...
Said Hampton next day in France: "We were just doing a concert, just a concert. We started playing, and the kids started dancing all over the place. I thought they'd tear lip the place. Then the police came in and said they were arresting me. I guess there were about a dozen police there arresting me." What caused all the trouble? "All the Euro peans-they like that Flying Home. Sometimes I play it about twelve times in one night. There's a big epidemic going on over here for our jazz. They go for our heavy...
While they kept a stiff upper lip in public. Stevenson's leaders in California were frightened, baffled and discouraged. Said one: "We'll have to revamp our entire campaign in California. And Adlai will have to make some changes. He can't play it from the balcony any more; he's got to get down with the people. When he came out to California we gave him a complete briefing. He didn't do a single damned thing we suggested-like spending less time polishing up those speeches and more time meeting people. Another thing...