Word: naming
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...befits a freshman in his first Senate days, lanky Maine Democrat Edmund Muskie spoke only when his name was called. But he listened hard, developed some ideas about the proper way to address a colleague during debate. "If you and he are in complete agreement," he told a shoe and leather men's banquet last week in Boston, "you address him merely as 'The Senator from such-and-such a state.' If you are not too sure he agrees wholly with you, you should refer to him as 'The able Senator from...
...Republican, inherited the nickname "Straight Edge" from his great-grandfather, Fayette County's first Republican sheriff and a man widely known for his directness and his sharp cutting edge. Frank Johnson, appointed to the federal bench by President Eisenhower in 1955, inherits the traits as well as the name. Says one Alabama lawyer: "If you have a good case, you don't have to worry. The judge will rule with you. If you don't have a case, you don't have to worry either. He'll throw it out before you unpack your briefcase...
...began dipping into ancient files and poring over old laws and codes to draw up what was to become a declaration of independence for women. She wrote drafts in Vietnamese. French and English, sent them to legal experts all over the world for comment. Meanwhile, evoking the magic name of Trung, she rallied the women to the cause, soon began having sleepless nights and nightmares about the situations her bill did not cover, would furiously scribble notes in the night for the next day's revision...
...press presented. "A Warm Wind from Moscow," paeaned the Moscow Literary Gazette,*quoting Mikoyan's "peace-loving utterances" and noting "the passionate desire of the Americans to be rid of the exasperating cold war." The U.S. press did not buy Salesman Mikoyan's wares, but in the name of objectivity it made them look pretty good...
Professor Quaeritor confesses to having a wife and family, of sorts. "My wife's name is also Jane--a coincidence, you know. We both indulge in an extracurricular liking for Chilean Dixieland; I always go to Mahogany Hall when they feature the Valparaiso Stompers...