Word: meanly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Which One Do You Mean?" By war's end Milton Eisenhower had achieved all the recognition he needed. At an Abilene family reunion, with General Ike just returned from his crusade in Europe, a reporter asked Ida Eisenhower how it felt to have her famous son at home. Her sharp reply: "Which one do you mean...
...Paris. On the day of his departure his recorded voice boomed out over Radio Algiers, promising neither the right to independence to Algerian Arabs nor the prospect of "integration" with France to the French Algerian colons. A yes vote on his constitution, declared De Gaulle, "will mean at the very least that . . . one believes that Algeria's development should take place within a French framework...
...nearly got away with his buffoonery. The hearing-room audience gasped happily at hearing that Barney Baker, at separate sittings, had devoured 4 Ibs. of spaghetti and 38 Ibs. of meat. There were titters when Baker explained his philosophy for talking to cops: "Little white lies don't mean nothing, not when you are not under oath." Jimmy Hoffa, sitting in the audience, was convulsed by his pal's antics. And even Arkansas' dour John McClellan turned his head to hide a smile when Baker was being questioned about his murderous old pals on New York...
...badly squeezed were the shorts that the exchange declared a moratorium on June 12. Fortnight ago the exchange lifted its ban on closing contracts, and the trading price jumped to $200 a share in one day. The suffering shorts asked the exchange to declare an official "corner," which would mean determining a "fair" price. The exchange declined, though it reimposed its moratorium last week-leaving the shorts still holding the bag, but hoping that the exchange keeps it tied shut until the fight is over and, hopefully, the stock declines...
...book, a 17th century antipapist bestseller - The English - American his Travail by Sea end Land: or, A New Survey of the West-India's-can be read for its wonderful period style and detail, but also as a curious psychological document of a man both brave and devious, mean and daring. As edited by Archaeologist-Author J. Eric S. Thompson, it makes a great story...