Word: quietness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...near kissed a quorum. Others are against him on the basic issue that he has raised taxes. Some farmers oppose him because they do not like the Eisenhower Administration's farm program; some Republicans are displeased because of his feelings toward Secretary Benson. And some of the plain, quiet, steady people of Iowa, who like their public officials plain, quiet and steady, are against him simply because he has moved so fast and has done so much. Said one Indianola house wife last week: "That 'Hoag' should stay around Iowa instead of gallivanting off every which...
...overcrowded Crown Colony of Hong Kong is the scene of a quiet but intense battle for the loyalties of its 2,500,000 Chinese inhabitants. Each year the measure of the battle is in the num ber of flags that fly on Red China's National Day on Oct. 1 and Nationalist China's older "Double Tenth"* anniver sary on Oct. 10. As the Double Tenth dawned last week, the white-starred banner of the Republic of China seemed to have peacefully triumphed over the five-starred Red flag. Then an impetuous official ripped down two Nationalist flags...
...named Rosario, the kind who "picked up her bundle and followed her man without question," wins the hero away with a simple mixture of sex and compliance. The mistress is sent back to New York, and in a hidden valley the hero finds a new life attuned to the quiet rhythms of the good earth. When he composes, it is such music as he had never dreamed of in Tin Pan Alley. Then, when a plane spots him and comes down for the rescue, the hero makes his mistake. He feels a brief, sharp hunger for another taste of modern...
...Eisenhower has attempted to reveal to the nation its educational inadequacies through his White House Conference on Education. But Stevenson through the campaign and previous speeches has done much more to dramatize this problem to an inert American public. While Eisenhower of late has concentrated on keeping the issue quiet, Stevenson has envisioned new areas, such as pay for teachers and scholarships for higher education, where federal aid must supplement the threadbare finances of the states...
Peeps & Points. Striking northwest from Lexington, John Sherman Cooper, 55, tramped through solid Democratic counties, e.g., Scott, Henry, Carroll and Owen ("I've always gotten more applause than votes in these parts"), shaking hands. Men were interested in his grave, quiet manner, women in his good looks and unfailing courtesy. Often he walked into beauty parlors, peeped under hair dryers, introduced himself to the surprised clients thereunder, explaining: "I need your vote." Popular as he is, Yaleman Cooper is regarded by some of the Kentucky Old Guard as being "too progressive" and distinctly a member of the party...