Word: listening
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Another result of Eisenhower's election, Bundy says, would be that "the ground would be cut out from under the demagogues who have been trying to make capital out of the fear and danger of the period. The best way to deal with the fact that many honest people listen to McCarthy is to get an administration so unquestionably and clearly trustworthy that no one will listen...
...lily pads entitled, 'I just want to do what is best for the American people.' "). But his main charge was that Eisenhower had surrendered to Taft, who "lost the nomination, but won the nominee." Said Stevenson: "When you gaze upon the five stars of Eisenhower, you must listen for the voice of Robert A. Taft." On most specific issues, e.g., labor, defense, foreign spending, foreign trade, Stevenson cited Taft's stand, said or implied that it was also Eisenhower...
...line units, Reed, now a sergeant, was transferred to a rear echelon supervising Army combat correspondents. In August, with his two-year term of duty up, he was shipped to the U.S. From San Francisco, he phoned City Editor Johnston. "Well, son, how the hell are you?" asked Johnston. "Listen," said cocky, battle-tested Reporter Reed, "don't call...
...Boston" the newspapers called it--and so on the way home from shopping or school they stopped to wait by the bunting and the band-stand in front of Cabit's Pharmacy. Traditionally Democratic, but as the red-faced little man wearing a Dever button said: "Oh, I'll listen to this young man, for that's what a voter should do, but I do not think I shall change." The old man he was talking to nodded and said "Yes, we should listen to them too." Then the two men looked at each other's Dever buttons and smiled...
Best of all, Portugal likes to listen to the fado songs of dark-eyed Amalia Rodrigues. In Lisbon, every taxi driver can point out her house; her appearance in one of the cafés, theaters or casinos is cause for celebration. In the dozen years she has been singing professionally, Europe and Brazil have also savored her fados, but it was not until this season that Amalia was introduced to the U.S. She began what is likely to be a long run at the Manhattan nightclub La Vie en Rose...