Word: nodded
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...SHOW. With only a passing nod to Mad magazine, this revue satirizes TV kiddie shows, soap-flake operas, sportscasters, recording stars. It has more jaw than teeth, but the show is amusing, thanks to a cast of remarkable impersonators...
...fans but to transvestites; "leather" bars for the tough-guy types with their fondness for chains and belts; San Francisco's new "Topless Boys" discotheques, featuring bare-chested entertainers. San Francisco and Los Angeles are rivals for the distinction of being the capital of the gay world; the nod probably goes to San Francisco...
...commitment of men and materiel, of blood and treasure. Over the years, every other type of regular-and irregular-diplomatic approach to Hanoi had been tried-and had failed. In the last year alone, more than 200 private contacts had been initiated. Not one had produced a perceptible nod from the other side. The President and his aides have made dozens of speeches, talked to hundreds of world leaders and officials. Neither the bombing, the surging U.S. buildup in the past six months, nor the success of the American fighting man against the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese regulars...
...ways and toward a spirit of mutual help. Meeting in Manila, 160 delegates from 26 nations (18 of them Asian) put the finishing touches on the long-needed Asian Development Bank launched in October in Bangkok. After intense but polite lobbying on all sides to win a nod for the location of the new bank's headquarters, the Asian delegates unexpectedly settled on Manila...
Captain Ken Boyda led a three-man Crimson contingent on the 1965 Coaches All-Ivy football team released this weekend. Joining the senior defensive end, who missed a unanimous nod by one vote, are first-team defensive back Dave Poe and offensive tackle Steve Diamond, one of only five juniors on the 24-man squad...