Word: mottos
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...space," and at the same time have lost the edge in military strength to the Russians. "Is it possible that the richest nation in history can no longer afford to be the strongest?" Instead of "speak softly and carry a big stick," as Theodore Roosevelt advised, the Republican motto is "talk tough and carry a toothpick...
...became gentlemen heralded by a hawk brandishing a spear, and the motto Non sans Droit (Not Without Right), which Ben Jonson promptly parodied as "Not Without Mustard...
...Post's news coverage often complain about the placidity of its editorial page, the Post supported the Supreme Court's desegregation decision, condemned Orval Faubus' stand in Little Rock. The Post's attitude is that it is best to do things quietly, reflecting its motto: "Let facts be submitted to a candid world." Says Mrs. Hobby: "State lines, national lines, rivers and oceans are no more than markings on a map. We want to give our readers the opportunity to know more about national and international problems and how interdependent Houston is on them." With such...
...Britain's bluest-blooded peers, the polo-playing Marquess of Blandford, 33, son and heir of the Duke of Marlborough, sued his wife Susan, mother of his three children (one died), for divorce after eight years of marriage, Blandford, whose family motto is "Faithful Though Unfortunate," charged that Susan, daughter of a wealthy bookseller, had misbehaved with Alan Heber-Percy, 24, a distant kinsman of the marquess...
...Griffin gave him this family name). At novel's end-complacently unaware of the tragic mess he caused, including the inadvertent killing of his wife-Cecil is scrawling a letter to his old school paper, announcing his promotion to deputy commissioner and his unfailing devotion to the school motto, "Do your best . . . and then do better...