Word: maximation
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...hearings began. Seven weeks ago, Hensel related, the Senator offered to withdraw the charges against Hensel if it could be done without making McCarthy seem a "damn fool." Hensel asked why he had made the charges in the first place. According to Hensel. McCarthy "replied that he followed a maxim taught to him by an Indian named 'Charlie' with whom he had worked on a farm. Charlie, according to Senator McCarthy, urged the rule of conduct that if one was ever approached by another person in a not completely friendly fashion, one should start kicking at the other...
...other 'itys.' " "Those are all nouns or virtues," Butler retorts, "to which the Right Honorable Gentleman and his friends attach little importance." And a rare smile lights Rab's wintry face, as chill and fleeting as breath seen on a cold morning. It is a maxim of Butler's-and he does nothing politically which is unstudied-that charity to the enemy is profitable in the long...
...world judges a host by the way he treats his guests. If this maxim holds true for visiting athletic teams, the University's reputation has suffered at the hands of a group of apathetic undergraduates. For during the past year, the Crimson Key Society has seldom rendered the help it claims to give visiting teams...
...other words, Dwight Eisenhower had adopted T.R.'s maxim: "Speak softly and carry a big stick...
Light heavyweight Champion Archie Moore, mentally upset by a suit filed by his wife today, still was a 2 to 1 favorite to defeat Joey Maxim for the third time in succession when they clash in a 15-round title bout at the outdoor Miami Stadium tonight...