Word: shaked
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Shake & Shock. Plainly, some of Ky's moves were more gestures than policies. Paris reacted to the cutting of diplomatic ties with characteristic hauteur, but showed no signs of withdrawing its cultural and economic missions in Saigon. De Gaulle's only reported comment was to inquire loftily: "Qui est Ky?" It will take more than a few executions to cure the corruption that plagues Saigon and most other Asian capitals. Moreover, price controls on rice and other consumer goods do not get to the root of the problem: scarcities caused by Viet Cong control of roads between farming...
...from panicky. Sucking his pipe, he steps gingerly through the subtle maze of Laotian politics, playing the delicate game of nods, winks and selective handshakes. At a recent Soviet reception, Souvanna greeted his Russian hosts warmly, then whisked carefully past the Red Chinese and North Vietnamese to shake hands with the British, French and U.S. ambassadors...
Quote from the Consul. Next night, on the White House south lawn, the Johnsons greeted about 800 top-ranking military officers and Defense Department officials and their wives. In a jovial mood, the President ambled over to the bandstand, hoisted himself over a railing to shake hands with each band member. Cried an Army general in the audience afterward: "I thought you were going to play all the instruments. Mr. President." Replied Johnson: "I can play 'em all. I'm a switch hitter...
...stocks that were held on account in the brokerage firm. In many cases, their stocks were held in Haupt's name, and the bankers were legally entitled to take them in payment for loans made to Haupt. The New York Stock Exchange, fearful that the scandal would shake the public's trust in the market, put up $9.5 million to pay off Haupt's anxious customers. The New York Produce Exchange halted all trading in cottonseed oil. Tino's major company. Allied Crude Vegetable Oil Refining Corp., tumbled into bankruptcy. Wall Street's Williston & Beane...
...campaign was in the standard contemporary style that Europeans still refer to as Modern American, with TV commercials, and a computer for election night. Gorbach demonstrated clear campaign superiority by 1) hiring a helicopter in order to shake hands over a 10,000-mile circuit, and 2) using Polaroid lensmen to snap him with individual voters. To no avail. Austrians prefer their own way of making a President, and Jonas won with 2,324,474 votes, or 50.69% of the total...