Word: skillful
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...will come as something of a surprise to many people to learn via TIME [Jan. 24] that Vice President Nixon ". . . skillfully turned the attack (on the 'Nixon fund') to his and his party's advantage." It is just this type of "skill" which has made him the "Political Enemy No. 1" not of the Democrats but of the Republicans. Mr. Nixon stands unchallenged as the top-ranking fake and opportunist in contemporary American politics...
...Paris and in other continental haunts familiar to the semi-destitute outcasts of royalty, forgotten Zizi Lambrino reared her son Mircea and dreamed of the day when he might be declared Carol's rightful heir. Mircea learned artistic bookbinding and made his modest way by peddling his skill among the booksellers along Paris' Quai de la Tournelle. In 1952 Zizi died. A year later, Carol followed her to the grave. Their son Mircea, 35, was left alone with a baby son, who was, like Mircea, the relic of an impulsive and broken marriage...
...around in politics as well as business. An early Eisenhower backer, he introduced Ike to the Augusta National Golf Club, helped convince Ike that he could win the nomination and election, is now a frequent bridge and dinner guest at the White House. Coca-Cola picked him for his skill as a merchandiser, will pay him a salary upwards...
...right place, and the right time, against the right enemy and with the right allies." The Communists had a long, vulnerable supply line, he said, but the U.S. "had command of the water and the air...[and] unexcelled bases in Japan and Korea for redeployment...We had the tremendous skill of the Japanese industrial nation, employed as civilians...It could not possibly be made or altered any better." Admiral Charles Turner Joy, agreeing, added: "The Navy could not have fought in a more favorable distant area...
...sentiment or the vague suspicion of fear, The Gunfihter features men who are just plain, uncomplicated tough. Naturally, their hearts are gold plated and they dearly love their wives and friends, but this doesn't stop them from gunning down fresh young punks, far their inferiors in gun fighting skill, or kicking other young punks who are down and unarmed. The amazing thing is that the writers, actors, and director are so skillful that one doesn't at all mind these breaches of horse opera etiquette. In fact, it would kill the picture's charm if the heroes were...