Word: shrug
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That is a large order, because few Latin American diplomats see the dangers of world Communism. Their inclination is to shrug off Communism as a local problem, and some even sympathize privately with Guatemalan Foreign Minister Guillermo Toriello's charge that the U.S. is being outrageously interventionist...
...facts remain that Albizu is once again free to deal with his Nationalist aides. He was re-elected President of the legally unrecognized Nationalist Party in 1948. To shrug off his power and infllence because of near-insanity is to overlook his increased menace because of this very condition...
...smile sympathetically at the young lady, but can only shrug our shoulders at the rest. Still, she and Shelley might have a point. Malenkov and McCarthy permitting, Spring may come to Cambridge this year after all. It's never missed an opening date...
...Fund job in a hurry; Harry Truman accepted the resignation "with, sincere regret and considerable reluctance." Later that year, White was called to testify before a New York grand jury. After the Bentley and Chambers charges against White and others were made public in 1948, Harry Truman tried to shrug off the accusations as "Red herring...
...films during World War II did he discover the real purpose of his craft. Says he: "I learn to write ... not just for concert but for screen, combine music with sound and dialogue. Sometimes you give a little help to film." But he adds with a sigh and a shrug: "Motionpicture composer not write music for eternity or for symphony orchestra...