Word: shook
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...point, but not the kind of phrase to set off cheers. And it dramatically illustrated the differences between the two men. Stassen did not argue the point-he coolly implied that everyone knew he was a liberal and that Taft was a conservative -if not a reactionary. He shook thousands of hands with warmth and enthusiasm, answered hecklers so quickly and with such a disarming appearance of candor that he almost always stirred applause and laughter...
Stassen went at it as he had in Wisconsin and Nebraska, as if he were running for sheriff. At 9 a.m., four hours out of St. Paul, his chartered airliner dropped in on grimy Youngstown. For most of the next 15 hours he talked, answered questions, shook hundreds of hands. He got a warm reception; Ohioans seemed as friendly to him as Nebraskans...
Watch Out for Maggots. Here he had a public-relations job to do, and Auto Salesman Hoffman handled it well. He chatted with the right Congressmen. He listened as much as he talked. He shook hands with Chairman Charles ("Doc") Eaton of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Congressman Eaton greeted him warmly: "I'm glad you took this job." But, Eaton warned: "There'll be maggots crawlin' over you every minute of the time...
Prince and President shook hands. They stood at attention outside the White House door while a Navy band played the Belgian anthem and The Star-Spangled Banner. Then they went inside for a formal tea. Later, there was a white-tie stag dinner.* The party broke up early...
...spent her first weekend at Windsor Castle with the royal family. In London she shook 300 hands at a daytime reception (she wore a black hat, scattered with daisies), dined with the U.S. Ambassador, the Prime Minister and the Foreign Minister. She went to Covent Garden (in a black lace dress) to hear La Traviata, and got a thundering ovation as she entered the royal box. She visited the House of Lords, was entertained by the Lord Chancellor, had tea with the Prime Minister. Once as she was entering a London hotel all the men in the crowd outside respectfully...