Word: pinching
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...regime but not enough to plunge the land into anarchy. It would not be an easy task. There was, for one thing, considerable doubt that Wilson's sanctions-or the parallel trade ban imposed by the U.S.-were strong enough to make Rhodesia feel more than a mild pinch, especially since prosperous South Africa would help Rhodesia make up any trade losses. But there was good reason for Wilson's stand. The blood ties between Britain and the white settlers of Rhodesia would make sterner measures highly unpopular.* And, as Wilson well knows, any recession in Rhodesia would...
...Pinch Hitter. Much of the credit for the common stand against De Gaulle's pressures belonged to a diplomatic pinch hitter, soft-spoken Italian Treasury Minister Emilio Colombo, who presided over the Brussels meeting in place of ailing Amintore Fanfani, Italy's Foreign Minister. After quietly sounding out each delegate, Colombo dramatically produced a proposal while the ministers, fortified with postprandial coffee and cigars, talked late into the night in a secluded forest home outside the Belgian capital. Thanks to their agreement, said EEC Commission President Walter Hallstein, "the Community is alive." The sole French reaction in public...
...culottes, evening gowns and leggings. Taking even greater lib erties, the furriers are dyeing skins col ors nature never dreamed of, and in patterns taken right off the walls of an Op-Pop gallery. The fun furs are for secretaries who want the feel of fur without the financial pinch of mink and for two-mink socialites who are looking for new skins to crawl into...
...halfway into leftfield for a two-base error. A sacrifice and two hits later, the Twins had a 2-0 lead. The Dodgers got back one in the seventh, and then, with the tying run on third, Manager Walt Alston made his move. He took Koufax out for a pinch hitter-Don Drysdale-who struck out on three pitches. After that the box score became a nightmare. The Twins won 5-1, with the aid of three Dodger errors (Alston's didn't count), a balk, and a wild pitch. Koufax tried to take the blame: "My curve...
...show. Dressed in the dark suit, conservative tie, button-down shirt, and easy smile that every gentile Southern male puts on before breakfast and takes off in bed, Carter floated about, a bit taller than the others, laughing louder, slapping harder, and drinking faster. He could have pinched any skirt in the place (and did pinch a few). He danced tricky dance steps. He harmonized with the calypso band. Never looking, he plucked a bourbon-on-the-rocks from a silver tray and swung the glass to his lips. It was the same involuntary motion (though quite a different gesture...