Word: shaked
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
COOL HAND LUKE. Sadistic guards are unable to shake the sang-froid of a cocky chain-gang prisoner (Paul Newman), who wins the respect of hostile fellow prisoners, until he is finally beaten into groveling for mercy...
...disturbing. At a University of New Hampshire symposium, when Black Power Advocate William L. Strickland purred ugly platitudes labeling the U.S. "fundamentally a racist nation," the usually imperturbable Senator snapped: "I just don't agree." It was clear already that one problem he faces will be to shake off the extremist groups that will try to exploit him as they did Henry Wallace 20 years...
COOL HAND LUKE. Sadistic guards are unable to shake the sang-froid of a cocky chain-gang prisoner (Paul Newman), who wins the respect of hostile fellow prisoners, until he is finally beaten into groveling for mercy...
...Likening himself to a French acrobat named Blondin who was famed for crossing Niagara Falls on a tight rope, Lincoln asked: "Suppose all the property you were worth was in gold, and you had to put it in the hands of Blondin to carry across Niagara. Would you shake the cable, or-keep shouting at him, 'Blondin, stand up a little straighter - Blondin, stoop a little more - lean a little more to the north - lean a little more to the south'? No, you would hold your breath as well as your tongue and keep your hands off until...
Only for Visitors. Lately, the Communists have been turning to brassy, Western-style casinos. Yugoslavia pioneered the big-time play, will soon open its twelfth casino in a Slovenian mountain resort. Designed to shake valuable hard currency from travelers, they were first inspired by Italian tourists. "Italians like girls and gambling," says an executive of Putnik, the state travel agency, "so we gave them nightclubs and casinos." Briefly outraged, Yugoslavia's Communist neighbors soon began setting up their own. Locals are not allowed, but visiting rubes are welcome, even from other Red countries. "Sometimes a Czech visitor walks away...