Word: odd
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Implicit in this mob scene was a fact that came clear from Richard Nixon's Russian tour: after 40 years of relentless indoctrination in the evils of "imperialistic U.S. capitalism," the majority of the Russian people still like Americans, even if they may also think them odd...
...silent treatment. Last week the Soviet Foreign Office called in the Moscow envoys of Sweden, Denmark and Norway to inform them coldly that Nikita had decided to cancel his Scandinavian tour. Originally, he had planned to talk up his proposal for a nuclear-free "Baltic zone of peace," an odd notion for him to peddle, since Russia alone of the Baltic powers has nuclear weapons. Obviously he would not get far with it, and was in no mood to expose himself to so well publicized a loss of face. Besides, he said, the Scandinavian governments had encouraged press and public...
Columbia dips into Donizetti's over flowing old trunk of 70-odd operas and comes up with a 3-LP recording of Linda di Chamounix (mono). Written late in the composer's life, the work has a good deal of facile melody, and Antonietta Stella, Renato Capecchi and Cesare Valletti give it a rousing performance. But the libretto, which has to do with a girl driven mad when wrongly accused of being a wanton, is enough to shake anybody but the staunchest Donizetti...
Critics occasionally object to Clemens' odd recipes (he once prepared an omelet from an ostrich egg), and often accuse him of what they consider heinous culinary sins: he has been known to dip breaded cutlets in gravy (making a soggy crust), mix fresh cream with Madeira (which makes the cream run), and boil beef after searing it in a pan (making the meat tough). But Der Fernsehkoch has a ready answer: "As an actor, I know what goes over...
...workers in the nation's basic industry spent their days picketing or doing odd jobs at home, the U.S. this week faced another deadline that could shut down a second major industry. With contracts covering 82% of U.S. aluminum-producing capacity about to expire, the top U.S. aluminum makers-Alcoa, Reynolds, Kaiser-turned down labor's demands for the same wage package that the union failed to get from steel management. Barring a last-minute truce, the United Steelworkers (32,000 aluminum members) and two other unions (28,000 members) were ready to walk out. A stoppage...