Word: sayings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...free economy that is Britain's best hope for the future. In an electorate whose workers have become middleclass, said Macmillan in a TV victory speech last week, "the class war is obsolete." Then, with that faintly superior smile, he added: "Nowadays it is ungrammatical but true to say that 'us' are 'they' and 'they...
...even he must have anticipated, Nikita's taxi-pool plan evoked no display of overwhelming enthusiasm from his subjects. And for all his usual adroitness, Khrushchev dropped a real clanger when he sniffed that, in the capitalist U.S., "People say: 'This is a lousy car, but at least it is my own.' " Parking problem or no parking problem, this is a statement that most Russians would clearly like to be able to make...
...Jodrell Bank scientists could not be sure whether it passed ahead, behind or under the moon. Since the far side of the moon was mostly in sunlight, Lunik may have photographed it, and other instruments may have observed it in other ways. But the Russians did not say whether man's first chance to observe the far side of the moon had been successful...
...necessary. "Unequivocal firmness leads to far less trouble than hedging. Giving in to a child's tantrums or unreasonable whims leads only to more difficulty. On the other hand, some parents are fearful of the child and fear they will lose the upper hand, so they say 'No' to everything. This breeds rebellion and weakens authority. 'No' should be saved for the times when the parent really means...
...until they go on the air does either know what the other will say; their story assignments must be written-and in some cases reported and filmed-in the hours just before show time. The news budget is restricted to five or six items, and which man takes the lead depends entirely on whether the best story is in Huntley's territory or Brinkley's. What they turn out ranks high not only with Nielsen but also with official Washington. Asked by a survey agency last August to name their favorite news program, members of Congress gave Huntley...