Word: okaying
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...located the right relay switch. Taking a dime-store binder clip that he uses to hold papers in his documents case, Cotton ripped off one of the clasp's wire handles, stripped an equipment strap for insulation ("My hands were sweating") and inserted the wire with the pliers. "Okay, okay!" he yelled to White, who then pushed the forward-gear button. A pursuit plane radioed that the gear was descending as intended and seemed to be locking into place...
...other two twins--Antipholus of Syracuse, and Antipholus of Ephesus--George Comtois and Robert Croog (a) look alike, (b) act okay, but (c) sing a little short of the mark. Comtois has a couple of funny moments with his double's mate...
...short, Thai envisages "the Hong Kong type of activities," based upon "exporting products of light industries," as the key to South Vietnam's economic future. Such a plan, of course, would benefit cities like Saigon and Danang to the detriment of the countryside. That's okay with Thai, who wants to "reduce the economy's dependence on agriculture and Viet Cong control." He said he did not believe that military victories would be meaningless if Saigon could not command allegiance in captured territory...
...President. A Committee of the Republican Senate all but destroyed the Harding Cabinet with a relatively new weapon-the congressional investigation. The real confirmation of senatorial rights came in the struggle with Franklin Roosevelt over his plan to pack the Supreme Court with a liberal majority that would okay his New Deal measures. Despite Roosevelt's overwhelming popularity, despite his highly organized liaison with the congressional leadership, despite his direct radio appeals to the nation, the individualists of the Senate balked. In the 1938 primaries, Roosevelt appealed to voters to "purge" eight Senators who opposed him; all eight were...
There seem to be two schools of thought about The Spy Who Came in From the Cold: 1) if you read the book, which was a better-than-most spy story, then the movie is okay, but not as good as it would have been had you not read the book; 2) if you read the book, the movie is still great because Richard Burton is so good. I read the book, and thought the movie, thanks to Burton, was great...