Word: notebooks
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...were a time bomb-made some major speeches off the cuff. That way his sincerity came through, but Ike was not used to the split-minute timing necessary for television, sometimes rambled on, made some blunders. Ike finally settled on a prepared text in a looseleaf notebook from which he reads, with occasional ad libs. His delivery has improved astonishingly, but he still swallows the ends of his sentences and runs over his applause...
Samples from the governor's notebook...
Ikeman Ronald Welch is brooding over convention arrangements. His notebook is crammed with entries ranging from bands, calliope, "banner-towing helicopters," TV sets and tea parties to "impromptu demonstrations." The plans for "impromptu demonstrations" are only slightly less elaborate than those of another Eisenhower staff for D-day eight years...
...leader of Galveston's Temple B'nai Israel, whom Woodrow Wilson called "the First Citizen of Texas"; in Houston. British-born Henry Cohen came to Galveston in 1888, soon became famous for scurrying through the streets and stopping to jot down on his long, white cuff ("my notebook") the names of those he must help, regardless of creed ("There is no such thing as Methodist mumps, Baptist domestic troubles, Presbyterian poverty or Catholic broken legs"). His interest in parole work was sparked by Author O. Henry, a onetime convict, and he became a leader in Texas prison reform...
...Worcester, Virginia Mistark, a 14-year-old high-school student, waited for more than half an hour to give Taft a yellow daffodil. He smiled and stuck the flower into his lapel. When Virginia remarked that she might be late for class, he took her notebook and penned a note to her teacher: "Please excuse Virginia Mistark for being late. I delayed her. Robert A. Taft...