Word: shrug
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...more than six years, W. Stuart Symington has been a tireless troubleshooter for Harry Truman. He has handled four mettle-testing Washington assignments since Truman brought him in from St. Louis in 1945 as Surplus Property Administrator. Last week, with a casual shrug of the shoulders, Truman dropped the word that he will accept Symington's resignation some time this month. Truman didn't seem to care...
...Symington's battles were accompanied by disappointments. He hoped to be named Secretary of Defense, later aimed at the top mobilization job, which went to Charlie Wilson. After the Truman shrug last week, Symington said: "A man . . . ought to go back to private life some time and regain his perspective; he ought to get out of Washington and get his feet on the ground again...
...course. Now, now boys, mustn't touch the ferris wheel, must we. There now, look out for that motor... What madame?" I took the reference with a shrug and started to ask about the latest in atom bomb kits. She shoved a microscope at me and raced down to the other end of the counter. Two of "my" boys were racing the mechanical cars head...
...pleases, because generally no one keeps it from doing as it pleases. It is not rebellious-either against convention or instruction, the state or fate, Pop or Mom. Toward its parents, it exhibits an indulgent tolerance. As one young New Yorker put it with a shrug: "Why insult the folks...
...lion's tail. It raised a laugh all the way from Capitol Hill to Cairo and Teheran. We, in England, could never understand the ingratitude of other people whom we had helped (for their own benefit of course-and our profit), but we were rich enough to shrug our shoulders and let the matter pass. Now there is little fun in twisting the poor lion's tail. Instead, a new game has been invented. Uncle Sam has a nose. If that nose gets twigged, its owner lets out a yell. What fun. That is a sign of greatness...