Word: shoulder
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Bishop, in his first ambassadorial post, sees Thailand taking the disastrous course of China in the early '40s, and regards every criticism of the Thai government as Communist inspired. While the Russians and the Chinese woo Southeast Asia with honeyed words, Bishop's inflexible, chip-on-the-shoulder attitude grates on the easygoing, polite Thais. In his rush to ingratiate himself with Pibul (who smilingly referred to him recently as "my ambassador"), Bishop has ignored or antagonized regular foreign-office channels...
...elevator disgorged him, unannounced, smack in the middle of the tough guy's living room. Then in strolled the doll, Fashion Designer Jane Adler, 42, named in Gladys Robinson's complaint. As the brunette swiftly exited, Actor Robinson, 62, bounced up at stage center, reached for no shoulder-holstered gat, but rasped: "Do you think it's right to walk in on people like this?" Apologizing, Newshawk Wantuch, his tabloid fodder virtually in the hopper, edged back for the elevator amidst running dialogue with Robinson, whose 29-year marriage was never more on the rocks. Robinson...
...Meters. Pitt's great Negro Arnie Sowell, who has been kicking cinders into the eyes of Fordham's Tom Courtney all year, saw Courtney (now running for the Army) whiz past his right shoulder and win by 5 yds, to set a new American record...
...dogged utility district tasted victory: the first Grant County bond issue was sold by a nationwide investment banking syndicate headed by Halsey, Stuart & Co. The transaction marked one of the biggest private investments ever made in hydroelectric power. Grant County's financing plan also was unusual: to help shoulder the costs, twelve public and private utility companies in three states have signed 50-year contracts for 63½% of Priest Rapids power output, guaranteed repayment of the debt...
...Idlewild, the LAV staff began preparing late snacks for the 64 passengers and the ten-man crew. Doubtless many of the travelers would grouse about the delay, but the prospects for cheerful shoulder-shrugging were better than average, because at least 25 were lively youngsters, the majority of them students at U.S. convents and prep schools, returning to Venezuela for their summer holidays. Twenty on board were Americans...