Word: pinned
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...artists were rebelling against the prevailing mode of abstract expression. Samaras' way of celebrating the long-ignored object was to summon up his disturbing Macedonian memories. Matchbook and spectacles, in a 1962 ink drawing, were depicted with the stark frontality of a Byzantine icon. Samaras also created silvery, pin-encrusted books and boxes that suggested silver reliquaries. They were packed with knives and razors, nails, stuffed birds and X rays of skulls trepanned by pins, together with photos of Samaras...
...contribution by 1964 delegates of either party to their state organizations was under $240 a year; less than 30% gave as much as $500. What really marks the typical delegate is a long record of giving time and energy to the party of his choice. This is what may pin the hack label upon him-though it also clearly demonstrates a continuing concern, whether base or altruistic, that makes him feel far more entitled to shape the political process than his long-indifferent neighbors...
Since Spain's constitution pledges an eventual restoration of the monarchy, Spaniards have long scanned the official press for clues as to which of the Borbóns Generalissimo Francisco Franco, 75, might pick to fill the long-vacant throne. Monarchist activists pin their hopes on exiled Pretender Don Juan, 55, a moderate who favors evolution toward parliamentary democracy. Many Falangist regulars lean toward his son, Juan Carlos, 30, in the belief that the carefully schooled younger man would prove willing to stick with the regime's less flexible principles...
...sixth the total used during all of the Korean War. The raids probably helped to prevent the big ground assault that everyone expected. The attack never came, and finally, in late March, the pressure eased. The bothersome question remained of whether Khe Sanh had been a massive diversion to pin down U.S. troops and make it easier for General Giap to attack Vietnamese cities at Tet, or whether-as General Westmoreland insisted -Tet was the diversion and Khe Sanh the main target...
Hardest budget of all to pin down is Kennedy's. In addition to paying for a three-floor Washington headquarters, an army of arm-twisters and saturation-of-publicity media-not to mention his bill for the dozens of cuff links seized by avid admirers-Bobby in Indiana, Nebraska and California has rented trains at a total cost of $8,700. No one has even attempted to reckon the cost to Kennedy of supporting the 13 relatives who are campaigning for him in the field, but their daily phone calls home must cost-by anyone else's standards...