Word: quietness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...into the nation's teacup, there for all to sniff and sip. After leaving Ike, he drove to the National Press Club to face Washington's tough newsmen, was introduced irreverently as "the mystical man in the middle." His 45-minute performance was admirable: deft, quiet, elusive, charming, and at times, productive: Items...
...arrived. Once again, there was the press of newsmen and refugees, the snatches of conversation, the handshakes and the good wishes, and once again on Nixon's part a winning display of cordial good fellowship. After that came Traiskirchen, another camp, another crowd. The visitor's one quiet moment came as he attended a Christmas party and play for the refugee children in the camp auditorium. When the play was done, the Virgin, a plump eight-year-old, and one of her angels sat happily on the Vice President's lap as all of them sang Silent...
...play regular first base, to replace a drafted rookie) as well as one of the best clutch-hitting faculties in baseball and a healthy desire to keep his $33,000-a-year salary coming in. "Naturally I'm. disappointed to leave the Dodgers," said Robby last week, in quiet amendment to his onetime vow that he would never play for another team. "But now that it's done and I'm a member of a different team, I'll be out to beat the Dodgers as best...
...tireless dabbler in civil affairs. He led the movement for the summertime Empire State Music Festival that attracted thousands of culture seekers and dollars to Ellenville, was a district president in 1953 of the State Bankers Association, head usher of the Methodist Church. In the quiet little summer-resort village (pop. 5,000) two hours from Manhattan, literally everyone was in his debt; he did two-thirds of the town's banking business, furnished 70% of its credit. "I've got to go up and see Uncle Bill and get a loan" was a community phrase. And rarely...
...QUIET AMERICAN, by Graham Greene. Novelist Greene's expedition to wartime Indo-China, showing him as skillful as ever at playing fictional charades with good and evil. His U.S. idealist, born out of Greene's pathological anti-Americanism, comes off only a little worse than his morally bankrupt Englishman, but the book's importance lies in the fact that many Europeans share Greene's phobia...