Word: m
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...cocked to the propaganda values of Cliburn's triumph, was just as ecstatic. At a Kremlin reception, squat Premier Nikita Khrushchev threw his arms about Van's beanpole, 6-ft.-4-in. frame, asked him why he was so tall. Grinned Van: "Because I'm from Texas." At a second Kremlin reception, Khrushchev bore down on Cliburn with hands outstretched, jovially introduced him to his son, daughter and granddaughter. When a waiter appeared with champagne, teetotaling Van shifted from one foot to another, murmured "I really don't care for any," finally took a glass, clinked...
...cataract removed from his left eye, afterwards wants to do nothing but paint pictures and write a book on modern art. But for the time being, Strikebreaker Schleppey is still up for hire. Says he: "I'll never let these publishers down as long as I'm active...
Artemus Smith (a hardheaded businessman): As I was saying, Joe. I'm tired of all this pussyfooting. Why not come right out and call it a depression...
Josephus Jones (a watcher of trends, an economist): Couldn't agree more, Art. I'm tired of euphemisms myself...
Jones: Now you sound like you've been hobnobbing with those fellows over on FORTUNE. That's a pretty fancy phrase. But you may be right. What worries me-and I'm not a businessman-is that if this disenchantment continues long enough, we might get a sincere depression. I think we need to watch the next few months with a good deal of nervousness...