Word: sat
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Allied Control Council, Zhukov sat like a Buddha and let the political generals do the maneuvering. When an American parachute captain shot four Red army deserters who were holding up Germans in the U.S. sector, Zhukov wrote a stiff note of protest, explained afterwards: "I had to write that. That's just a formality. What I really want to know is, where do you get men like that captain?" At public dinners Vishinsky ordered Zhukov about, and Zhukov dutifully read speeches handed to him by Zampolit officers. He did not gag when Stalin took credit for the great victories...
...privates, British comrades-at-arms and ex-West Pointers, the general choked up as humanly as any other mortal. Vividly attractive Mrs. Clark recalled that they had first met on a blind date and that "he was a complete bust." The general affectionately reminded her of how she had sat on a bee, added thoughtfully that then "we got to know each other better...
Like many another radio network man, the CBS official is praying, whistling in the dark and hoping for a miracle. Only seven years ago radio, in the form of a little table model or an impressive console, held a prominent place in the American home. It sat in the living room and often attracted the whole family in the evening. Then, only six years ago, TV arrived. Overnight, radio lost its glamor. It also lost listeners, advertisers and talent. It began to look, and sound, half dead...
Kentucky Derby (Sat. 5:15 p.m., CBS radio and TV). From Churchill Downs...
...Liebman Presents (Sat. 9 p.m., NBC). The Desert Song, with Nelson Eddy, Gale Sherwood...