Word: slapping
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Jenner took every opportunity to stand at Eisenhower's elbow, slap his shoulders, get photographed with him. At a roast-beef luncheon, Jenner closed a roaring speech by telling how he had visited a hospital nursery where the newborn squalled noisily. Cried Jenner: "If you came into the world and you had nothing but a diaper on, and you owed the Government $2,000 as your part of the national debt, and your diaper was wet, by God, you'd be crying too!" Ike colored, ducked his head, put both hands over his ears-then laughed gustily...
Then, out of the elevator into the crowded ninth-floor lobby stepped Ike Eisenhower. He was greeted by cheers and boos. A chant of "We want Taft!" went up. The incident acted on Ike like a slap; he brooded about it hours later. Eisenhower and Taft were alone for five minutes in Taft's suite, came out together to face the TV cameras. Said Taft with a forced smile: "I want to congratulate General Eisenhower on his nomination and say I will do everything possible to assist him in his campaign and in his administration when he is elected...
...HAVEN, June 16--While 8.000 Old Blues roared beery approval, Yale's staggering baseball team utilized breaks and the superb relief pitching of Christy Emerson to slap a 4 to 2 defeat on the Crimson at Yale Field today...
...front of me got up from his seat and hailed a friend. There was the traditional greeting: a hefty slap on the back with the left hand and a vigorous handshake with the right...
Kefauver exuded energy, good will and sincerity. His corn came out cornflakes, full of modern, vitaminized pop, crackle and snap. He was a serious fellow, who seemed only to slap backs and ride kids' bicycles because he is warm and human and not stuck up, and likes people. The Democratic professionals in Washington were horrified. Last week, no longer able to pooh-pooh Kefauver as an amateur and an upstart, they were taking serious steps to stop him at any cost...