Word: peevishly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...denounced reformers who disagreed with him in terms that he had once re served for the papacy. His statements about the Jews would sound excessive on the tongue of a Hitler. By the time of his death in 1546, admits Biographer Bainton, Luther was "an irascible old man, petulant, peevish, unrestrained, and at times positively coarse...
...fact is that, at 58, Lyndon Johnson is too proud and probably too - inflexible to develop a new style that would be both engaging and in character. In any case, his concern over his image has made him morose, needlessly secretive, and at times downright peevish. Last week, in a typical display of pique when news of an impending trip leaked out, Johnson flatly denied any plans to appear this week before labor conventions in Atlantic City, St. Louis and Kansas City-though all three cities were already preparing for his arrival...
...instructor in Indian Studies, on his way to the Biology Labs to meet a fellow countryman for lunch, caught a distinct glimpse of the vacant-faced young man lurking behind the statue of John Harvard. Karandas weighed over 350 pounds, and unlike most fat men was of an exceedingly peevish disposition. "Someone," Karandas's mind registered, "is staring at me. This is intolerable. Worse than that, impolite. Has he never seen a fat Indian before?" With that, the Indian increased his speed and flew past Hunt Hall and into Cambridge Street traffic, heading for Memorial Hall...
...fairly conservative neighbor. Sometimes he sounds downright peevish; the Federal Government, as he sees it, can do little that's right, at least in the economic field. Other times, he makes a strong case for his brand of individualism: "Nothing is so corrupting to a man as to believe it is his duty to save mankind from men. He comes to evil because he must first usurp the rights of men and finally the prerogatives of God." And occasionally he sounds a warning note worth heeding amid the euphoria of the Great Society. "I believe that once...
Goldwater less than enthusiastic support, describing Rockefeller as a "spoilsport" and the Republican Party's "principal divider." Rockefeller was vacationing in Madrid, and the rain in Spain fell lightly on his pain. Nixon's "peevish post-election utterance," he replied, was "hardly calculated to advance" Republican Party unity. But Rocky also managed to put his finger squarely on the real Republican problem. "We don't have a Republican Party right now," he said. "We have 50 Republican parties." Diddley-Do. The distance between the extremes of the Republican Party is no greater than...