Word: roughness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...cover Nye Bevan's tour, the London bureau's Robert Lubar wondered how the Laborite rebel would like being shadowed by a U.S. newsman. As it turned out, Bevan liked it fine. He began by taking Lubar to task for what he said was TIME'S rough treatment of him. "But you thrive on it," Lubar remarked. Bevan snorted and replied: "If you administer strychnine to a man over a number of years, the fact that he survives is no credit to you. You don't call it humanitarian...
This year Herbie Cartwright came up for reelection. But Herbie had made the mistake of turning off George dough's water supply and firing him as city radio repairman. Reason: Clough (rhymes with rough) operates radio station KLUF, which had been accusing Herbie of overcharging for water and mislaying $18,000 in city funds. George Roy Clough, 64, and 24 years Herbie's senior, decided to run for mayor...
Around dour Glasgow, there were seats to be won or lost by the hair of a sporran. Stubby Scotsmen in sack suits, caps pulled down and pipes jutting from the crags of their faces, listened to the rough organ music of Aneurin Bevan. "In the Labor Party, it's true we've been having an argument about the hydrogen bomb, and I've been in the middle of it to a certain extent." The crowd laughed appreciatively at his understatement. "We argue . . . over our policy . . . We don't reach our policy in quiet country houses...
Because we have been brought up pretty rough, we are usually quite loud about...
Creative & Destructive. Self Condemned, Lewis' first novel in 14 years, is another rough, tough clip off the old beard...