Word: nones
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...even as the Eisenhower Republicans sought a firmer stance, they could feel the rug being pulled out from under them by their political leader. Dwight Eisenhower, after years of insisting that the internal affairs of the Congress were none of his business, had suddenly decided to take a hand. On the record, Ike was merely pleading with Senate Republicans not to get into a ruinous fight. Actually, he was doing everything possible to defeat the Republican Senators who were battling on his behalf...
...party-loving diplomats in Washington, none is so indefatigable as Nicaragua's Ambassador Dr. Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa, dean of the diplomatic corps (miniatures of 33 medals, one sash), who in his social seniority sometimes attends a luncheon, three receptions and a dinner all in one day, so far this year has been seen at 513 such functions. Busy, portly Sevilla-Sacasa scarcely has time to throw a party...
...guns, the ruling could lead eventually to Hoffa's being kicked out of the Teamsters' presidency. It was the most serious legal step against Teamster corruption since the Senate committee began its exposures, and, in the light of the "big week" in Miami, it came none too soon. "Now we have a blueprint to get something done," said Monitor Chairman Martin F. O'Donoghue. "We haven't even begun to clean up corruption...
Although caught with their critics grounded, none of the plays seemed bogged in worry. Advance sales for the prestige-laden Old Vic totaled more than $200,000, and whispers of the raves for J.B. spread rapidly. Before the box office opened on the morning after, a shivering line of 200 waited for tickets...
Those of us (me) who though last year that MacLeish's abbreviated line form would sound too much like a staccato chant on stage got our preconceptions singed. Here is a playwright who is not afraid of beautiful literate language, and none too soon. He has rejuvenated the anemic field of Poetic Drama Since Shakespeare. J.B.'s quality of language and quality of thought make it one of the few plays worth paying Broadway's orchestra-seat ransoms...