Word: shoulderful
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Kennedy promised that the U.S. was "willing to share in the labors and burdens" of resolving the Arab-Israel controversy, and in particular the problem of the Arab refugees from Palestine on "the principle of repatriation and compensation for property." Implication was that the U.S. would be ready to shoulder a major part of the costs...
...developing the art of seducing the customer out of his change-it ranges from a hatchick's friendly pat on the shoulder to the Greenwich Village waiter who pursued a nontipper out into the street crying: "No tip! No tip!"-employees around the country have by now established their own argot. A nontipper is universally called a "stiff," while in Boston he is also a "fishball." in New Orleans a "frog," in Seattle a "mossback," in Kansas City a "clutch," in Chicago a "snake" or a "lemon." Someone free with money is a "live one" ,or a "mark...
Romanoff and Juliet (made in Italy for Universal-International) presents Peter Ustinov's hopeful supposition that love, if given a chance, could make the world stop going around with a missile on its shoulder. Ustinov plays the President of Concordia, a postage-due-stamp principality with no prince and no principles. At the U.N., given a chance to cast the tie-breaking vote on an important amendment to an amendment, Ustinov abstains because he cannot understand the diplomatic bafflegab in which it is written. The Russians and the Americans present ultimatums: accept massive aid, or else. But dollars...
...vigor and far-ranging intelligence are clearly recognized and widely admired. Western Europeans, from the man in the street to the diplomat in the chancellery, support the truism that "a new man is entitled to a few mistakes." Much criticism is tempered by Kennedy's courageous willingness to shoulder the blame for errors committed...
...first Jumbo goal came at the end of the half on an over-the-shoulder-shot that richocheted off a Crimson defense-man's helmet into the nets...