Word: shaking
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...from the Royal Thai Army to assist in the Korean fighting). When the Premier bowed low and placed the tops of his fingers together before his chest, the traditional Asian "joining of palms" to express respect and appreciation, John Foster Dulles whispered to the President: "They don't shake hands in Thailand." Said Ike: "I know, I know. But we do." He gave Phibun a hearty handshake, then took him out to Burning Tree and beat him in a game of golf...
...have stepped on a pink toe. An example of the latter characteristic is Mr. Gwirtzman's report on Bill Buckley's lecture. Mr. Gwirtzman tried his best to discredit the seriousness of Mr. Buckley's intent by inflating a few casual remarks about who would or would not shake hands with whom to the status of a main character in the plot. Did Mr. Gwirtzman attempt to convey any of Mr. Buckley's more serious points to his CRIMSON audience? Did Mr. Gwirtzman himself risk an exchange of ideas with Mr. Buckley during the hour-long question-answer period provided...
Would Mr. Sperling shake hands with Mr. Gwirtzman...
Died. Admiral John Henry Towers, U.S.N. (ret.), 70, pioneer in naval aviation, who flew the first U.S. Navy seaplane in 1911, became commander in chief of the Pacific Fleet in 1945 in a shake-up that indicated the increasing importance of Navy aviation; of cancer; in New York City. In 1919 Towers organized a flight of three seaplanes across the Atlantic, crash-landed his NC-3, taxied 205 miles to the Azores, got the Navy Cross after one of the planes reached Portugal safely-the first plane to cross the Atlantic...
...evening wore on, Mr. Buckley's reception line lengthened. He would shake hands with Peron, though not Tito, and with British diplomats who had shaken with Communists--though he wouldn't feel good about it. Would he have shaken with FDR even though Buckley thought he had betrayed us into the Second World War and sold us out at Yalta? Yes, said Buckley, because there was a difference between "subjective" and "objective" treason...