Word: smile
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Prescription for Murder. No one could fault Dorothy for her resourcefulness as a reporter. With the help of one of the most liberal expense accounts in the business and a smile that rarely came unstuck, she wangled stories that eluded others. By lining up a screen test for a stage-struck court official at the Finch-Tregoff murder trial in California in 1960, she got inside information on the jury's deliberations. Her chumminess with the judge at Sam Sheppard's trial earned her more than one scoop-besides bringing sharp criticism for the judge...
Outwardly, there is little to distinguish Lady Jackson from any other chic Englishwoman with a disarming smile. She punctuates her conversation with "jolly," "bloody," and an ever-ready laugh, yet speaks in a torrent of determination when the subjects nearest to her are brought...
...Smile, Earl!" commanded the photographer in a nasal Brooklyn accent...
...Lindsay among Republicans hungry for a dynamic presidential candidate. Many noted the passing similarities between J.V.L. and J.F.K., a common legacy of grace and style, a clear-eyed toughness, a springy vigor. Lindsay is even handsomer than Kennedy, but admirers noted that they had the same quick toothy smile, the straight-spined athlete's stride. Lindsay has borrowed from Kennedy the poking forefinger to counterpoint his speeches. His campaign for the mayoralty was hung from the same "get things moving again" line as Kennedy's 1960 presidential campaign...
...young half-Egyptian British captain was vain and foppish, and he was crazy about women. What rocked them back on their heels, he figured, was his dazzling smile-well, not his smile exactly, but his teeth. Superbly white and straight, they suggested strength and virility. So after careful consideration, British Intelligence chose the young officer for a secret mission to inform the Bulgarian underground that Turkey was entering the war on the Allied side and British troops were preparing to launch a massive attack through the Balkans. Then, through a double agent, news was leaked to the Germans that...