Word: smile
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...little response from the churchmen until he mentioned Paul Tillich, whose name elicited a smile and a comment from one listener, a Russian Orthodox archbishop and professor at the Leningrad Theological Academy...
...York tax revenues by some $200 million for the coming fiscal year, nevertheless claims that he will observe his campaign pledge not to raise taxes. He is asking for a $48 million increase in state auto license fees and a $57 million hike in liquor license charges. Without a smile, he insists that these are not tax increases. Irate motorists, many of whose auto tabs would go up from $8 to $20, cannot see the difference. Republican legislators are feeling the heat at budget hearings in Albany...
That faint, cold smile appeared on the President's face, but he remained unruffled. "You are charging us with something, Mrs. Craig, and then you are asking me to define what it is you are charging me with. Let me just say we have had very limited success in managing the news, if that is what we have been trying to do. Perhaps you would tell us what it is that you object to in our treatment of the news...
...ancient beliefs. A year ago its population braced itself for the destruction of the world which was predicted from the conjunction of eight celestial bodies. Fortunately, the accurate prediction of the event gave the people a chance to avert disaster: "The world was not demolished," explained Pingree with a smile, "because they prayed enough...
...smile that 37,000 people lined up to see at Manhattan's Metropolitan Museum on a cold day last week as bitter as Angostura...