Word: punching
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...monarchy broke in the Satevepost ("Does England Really Need a Queen?") and Look (a tired rehash called "Queen Elizabeth . . . Her Poor Public Relations"). The Satevepost (that "notoriously conformist family magazine," pouted London's New Statesman) stirred up a stew in the British press, notably for its author, former Punch Editor Malcolm Muggeridge, who got the assignment long before the Queen's visit was planned. He described the inhabitants of Buckingham Palace as characters in "a royal soap opera," urged that the institution be refurbished to keep up with changing times. This "shocking attack," as London's Sunday...
Concerned that the meandering weekend habits of parishioners might someday deliver the Sunday punch to Sunday church services, Dr. W. A. Welsh, pastor of the East Dallas Christian Church, offered a solution in Cleveland last week at the annual assembly of the International Convention of Disciples of Christ (more than 2,000,000 members). His suggestion: hold church Thursday night, with Communion early Monday morning. Said Pastor Welsh: "There is nothing scriptural or essential about scheduling church services at 11 a.m. on Sunday...
...Pitch. As usual, in the familiar one-two punch of Soviet diplomacy, threats were accompanied by the offer of "peace." Khrushchev snarled a warning at Turkey (see below), tossed a few ominous remarks in the direction of West Germany ("Adenauer will not be able to start things the way Hitler did''), growled at the U.S. itself: "If a war should break out . . . socialism will live on while capitalism will not remain...
...late now to beat the Russians to the first punch. It may not be too late to recover our advantage, or at least catch up. A program of increased, but not panicky or wasteful defense spending is obviously called for. More important, however, is the need for strong leadership in the Pentagon to end the miniature war being waged in its corridors at the expense of national security...
...Crimson soccer line operated yesterday for the first time this year as the varsity overran Williams, 5 to 1. Although somewhat hampered by the flu and injuries, the Crimson managed to reach a decision after three successive stale makes, and to demonstrate its scoring punch beyond doubt...