Word: shaking
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Administration, and the President's speech proved how fundamental it was. To listeners in the House chamber and before the nation's television screens, Ike came through as a man who matched the challenges. He spoke with a sparing eloquence, his every intonation and shake of the head tuned to the meaning of his words. This was more than forensic skill; his speech was public evidence of an organizational and administrative talent which had already made Eisenhower the master...
Warleggon soon decided that the new rector was, to say the least, standoffish. He refused to shake hands with his parishioners, explaining that he was offended by the old Cornish custom of spitting in the palms before hefting a pitchfork. He banned the traditional whist party in the parish house. "A whist drive," he said, "is an amusement, and amusements come from hell." He refused to conduct a Sunday school, because Sunday schools are unmentioned in the Bible. He wanted to get rid of the venerable church organ, since he disliked organ music-"a gabbled profanity" he called...
...freshmen without defensemen Marie Celi and Pete Summers, took two periods to shake off exam legs, them scored six times in the final period. Only Cleary racked up more than one goal. Joe Chehore, Carl Purnell, Art French, Clark Potter, Dick Allen, and wink Childs each had one score...
...Israel and I suspect those being the Iron Curtain do not believes that the Jews arrested do far were seized because they were Zionists or pro-Israel," Goitein said. "They were communists who did not really consider Israel important, and the arrests were really part of a Party shake...
...problems shapes up as follows : DEFENSE. The Government's plan to ex pand the economy enough to superimpose war production on top of normal civilian production was sound, but In the helter-skelter expansion, contracts often went to inefficient or high-cost producers. Defense Secretary Wilson plans to shake out costly, inefficient production; he also hopes to step up the supply of arms without stepping up arms-spending. With the help of Eisenhower's own knowledge of military ways, Wilson expects to trim the fat out of procurement...