Word: paleness
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...pulse) caused by nervous tension. When he was accused of having beaten to death the Jewish boy, Eichmann furiously scribbled notes to his lawyer; his mouth twitched, and he ran his tongue over his teeth. At times, his facial tics seemed uncontrollable. He has obviously lost weight, and his pale blue eyes show anxiety and strain. The physical change was emphasized last week when Baron von Freudiger was asked if he could recognize Eichmann. The baron stared at the defendant for a long time, then said: "In my memory lives the image of the lieutenant colonel in a smart uniform...
...Bicarb. In Texas, where most of the cooking is so bad that bicarb has replaced the after-dinner cordial, many topnotch restaurants, such as Azzarelli's in Houston, are ignored. So many routine drive-ins are listed in Arkansas that top-drawer restaurateurs complain that their own stars pale in comparison...
...passion but a kind of immutable moral law. The Fox and the Camellias is a book beyond Fascism, Communism, socialism or even humanism. It is a Christian statement, arguing essentially that all men are fallen creatures, but that none is beneath the redemptive grace of God or above the pale of his own conscience...
...Brothers could beat "Bumbling Bob" Wagner. His administration has been spattered by scandal. His lurching efforts to satisfy all of New York City's warring Democratic factions have satisfied none. He recently underwent surgery to remove a tumor behind the ear, and his health remains dubious. Last week, pale and drawn as he attended a Democratic banquet honoring Bronx Boss Charles Buckley, Wagner ate nothing, stayed only 17 minutes, then announced that he had to go home...
...their first notable collision in public one day in 1957, when Frankfurter dared to interrupt Warren and reword some convoluted questions that the Chief Justice was putting to a lawyer. Warren flushed, began to shout: "Let him answer my question! He is confused enough as it is." Frankfurter grew pale behind his eyeglasses and cut back, "Confused by Justice Frankfurter, I presume." In 1958, they were at it again: Warren lashed Frankfurter, charging that one of his dissents made the court out to be "savage." And just six weeks ago the Chief Justice publicly criticized Frankfurter for delivering a long...