Word: nods
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Back in Harrisburg afterward, Scranton seemed somewhat less adamant in his insistence that he is not in the least interested in presidential politics. Asked about attempts by Pennsylvania's Goldwater forces to get an early nod from the state G.O.P. organization, Scranton replied: "Pennsylvania should, at least for the present, remain uncommitted." He noted that a private poll he had ordered showed that he would run better in Pennsylvania than either Rocky or Barry...
LORD OF THE FLIES. With scarcely a nod to Novelist William Golding's chilling allegory of the essential evil in man's nature, the producers end up with little more than a scary adventure story about a band of castaway boys on a desert island...
Then Jackie, looking pleased, appeared in the White House rose garden in a full-length leopard skin coat despite the warm afternoon. "He gave it to me," Jackie explained to the President, with a nod toward the Emperor. "I was wondering why you had it on in the garden," replied Jack...
...Back Again at Zima Junction (Ev-tushenko's Siberian birthplace, which he recently revisited), Evtushenko concedes he was "unhorsed, honor nowhere near me" when he returned to Moscow from his reckless visit to Western Eu rope last winter. With a nod to the Kremlin, he admits: The "sharp criticism was useful in the final analysis." But then he adds acidly...
...suite, Thornton shows his true executive quality in the ability to pick good men and give them free rein. He has surrounded himself with an intensely loyal group of managers, who are independent thinkers not afraid to question his judgment or to lunge at opportunities without waiting for his nod. More often than not, Thornton's decision merely sets off a spirited debate that produces a compromise solution that the company finally follows...