Word: shiningly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...place and time . . . that seem now as dead as any other journalism." And she believes that poems written according to formal rules are "but an imitation of poetry." What, then, is left? A compact, pocket-sized jewel case of highly personal and rare poetic experiences that have less outward shine than inner glow. Poet Raine's father was a spare-time nonconformist preacher in suburban London, but there is no doubt that a Buddhist would understand better than a Christian the implications of The Sphere...
Mass production was also boosting safety devices, driving down prices on expensive navigational equipment. Raytheon produced a simple kitelike screen ($14.95) to hang on a mast in a fog so that small craft will shine extra bright on big ships' radar. And depth indicators that sold two years ago for $500 were down...
...Dwight Eisenhower's Cabinet last week turned in a letter of resignation so the President could have the customary chance to start his new term with some shiny new brass around him. Almost before the letters were in, Ike passed the word that he has taken a shine to the brass he has. He personally persuaded a reluctant George Humphrey, 66, to remain at his desk as Secretary of the Treasury. Commerce Secretary Sinclair Weeks, 63, restive and weary, was talked into staying put. Even Special Assistant on Disarmament Harold Stassen, 49, who led the revolt against Richard Nixon...
...Columbine III coincided with a meteorological shift to fair weather. A hard rain stopped, blue sky reappeared, and the sun peeked out over Portland. For hard-running Oregon Republicans, like their brothers in Minnesota, Washington. California and Colorado, the pulse-quickening presence of Dwight Eisenhower made the political sun shine-a little brighter...
...your Sept. 24 story on the Maine election, you gibe at Washington pundits for their explanation of the Democratic victory, but a sentence later you do some odd punditmg yourself: "Support came in strongly from the throngs of independents who ... did not take a shine to the warnings that 'a vote for Muskie is a vote against Ike.' " Isn't it barely possible that the independent voters of Maine agreed that a vote for Muskie was a vote against Eisenhower, and voted for Muskie for exactly that reason...