Word: mildly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Soviet Premier Aleksei Kosygin is a mild-appearing man who, along with present Party Boss Leonid Brezhnev, helped overthrow Khrushchev in 1964 because, among other reasons, he was acutely embarrassed by Nicky's high jinks and rocket rattling. An efficient bureaucrat, Kosygin not only involves himself deeply in the Soviet Union's domestic affairs but also directs his country's foreign policy. This week, in an interview in LIFE, he proved that he can be just as tough and unbending as any of his predecessors. Ranging over a wide variety of subjects in a more or less...
...Mild Heart. He may have a point. The sturdiest argument that the Smothers brothers have is the show's ratings; this season, attracting a youthful following that regards them as hippies with haircuts, it has consistently ranked among the top variety shows. On the opening program in September, CBS showed signs of giving in a little. The network approved the guest appearance of Folk Singer Pete Seeger, who had been blackballed by the networks since he refused to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1955. But then CBS turned right around and banned one of Seeger...
...tourniquets held at the ready. A policeman ran toward the accident-and then stopped in horror and anger. Glaring at the onlooker with the camera, who made no attempt to help the sufferer, he roared: "What do you think you're doing?" "Making a movie," came the mild reply. Suddenly aware that the blood looked suspiciously like ketchup, the cop sighed: "Everybody's making a movie...
Having decided to switch from mild restraints to harsh controls, Johnson cloaked his planning in warlike secrecy. While the President was in Australia, Treasury Secretary Henry Fowler, Commerce Secretary Alexander Trowbridge, Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Federal Reserve Board Chairman William McChesney Martin Jr. and White House Aide Walt Rostow stitched to gether a list of recommendations...
...pick Harvard to pull a mild upset over Penn tonight. Chris Gallagher showed some of last year's top form in the Classic, and he got adequate scoring support from the others--Norlander had 25 in one game, Beller 22 in the other, and Johnson...