Word: sitting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...week's end the President, for the first time since his illness, was able to leave his bed and sit (for 15 minutes one day and half an hour the next) in a leather chair. As the President's strength continued to grow, Presidential Assistant Sherman Adams gave the Cabinet word that was good news for the U.S. and the whole free world: the President is now ready to dispose of all problems that any department head might hesitate to settle on his own authority. Gradually but persistently, Dwight Eisenhower was getting a new grip on the tiller...
...American tourist who landed in Paris last week while it was overrun by visitors to the International Auto Show plaintively wrote her daughter in the U.S.: "We spend all our time at the American Express office. Here we can sit down and talk quietly. And it's the only place in town with a clean rest room...
...Better. As N.A.H.B.'s President Earl Smith proudly showed the Russians his plush new Washington headquarters, Kozuilia gave more evidence of his skill at oneupmanship. Learning that Smith sometimes spends twelve hours a day in the modernistic office, the Russian said: "The Soviets believe that when you sit in your office it is less profitable than when you spend time outside on the building projects." Replied Smith: "Oh, but I keep in touch by using the telephone. I'm on the phone a great deal." Sternly, Kozuilia ployed: "The phone is all right, but the eyes are better...
...Spot. Each network firmly believes it has a host of loyal followers who sit before the glowing tube and never tune to another channel all evening long. Therefore what precedes and follows each program becomes terribly important. A show that has a small audience, even if it has a contented sponsor, is a network liability. NBC last year dropped the veteran Voice of Firestone, despite the advertiser's willingness to pay its way, because the network thought the show's low rating ruined all the programs that followed it. Explains an executive: "A bad show in an evening...
...going to the Rectory?" Tom asked Barker impatiently. But stubborn Barker "again mentioned the river." "No," said Tom firmly. "Anyhow, what would we do?" "Fish for stones," answered Barker. "Yes, you'd fish for them," Tom retorted, "and I'd sit on the bank and get splashed...