Word: sitting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...feel sometimes." But in a more characteristic mood, even while maintaining his official if-I-decide-to-try line, he looks eagerly to the brawls ahead. Says he: "Nobody is going to hand me the nomination. If I were governor of a large state, Protestant and 55, I could sit back and let it come to me. But if I am going to get it, I'll have to work for it-and damn hard...
...White House, however, said Eisenhower's recovery from a slight stroke had been so rapid that he may yet go to Paris. The NATO Council seemed to take it for granted that vice-President Nixon will sit in for Eisenhower, saying, "We learned with satisfaction that vice-President Nixon will lead the American delegation...
Wisdom: "Bob, are you there?" called Igor Feodorovich Stravinsky from the piano in his soundproof Hollywood studio. "Come here. Sit down. I want to show you something." Squinching like a mole into neat, penetrating closeups, Composer Stravinsky then proceeded to show a young protege, Conductor Robert Craft, as well as several million Sunday afternoon viewers on NBC, how musical ideas occur. "You have to touch the music," said Stravinsky, innocent eyes bugging and jowls aquiver, "not only to hear it-because touching it, we feel the vibration of the music...
Those entering the various gates sit as follows: Portal 1, between the 35 and 50 yard lines; Portal 2, the 20 and 35; Portal 3, the goal and the 20. On the north side, Portal 30 is between the 35 and 50, Portal 29 the 20 and 35, and Portal 28 the goal...
...bidders could view the works in black and white on closed-circuit TV, have their bids transmitted by loudspeaker. Forewarned of the expected crush, Millionaire Collectors Nelson Rockefeller and Winthrop Aldrich arrived 1½ hours early to get seats. Metropolitan Museum Director James J. Rorimer, arriving late, had to sit on the floor in front of the auctioneers' rostrum; Mrs. Stavros Niarchos found herself tucked away out of sight in the wings of the stage; Greek Ship Owner Alex Goulandris spent the evening standing in the side aisle...