Word: smiled
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...long?" Told that they tended cattle, he persisted: "Yes. But what do they do while they're tending cattle?" And later he wondered whether "these local people have a pagan religion." To such questions posed by California Governor Jerry Brown, his African hosts could only smile...
...barnstorming the country with his folksy "Sunny Jim" image, Callaghan conveyed a sense of confidence that could not have been more than smile-deep. A disastrous winter of crippling strikes robbed Callaghan of what could have been his strongest campaign weapon: Labor's ability to work smoothly with Britain's powerful trade unions. Beyond that, many voters were well aware that Callaghan was saddled with a compromise manifesto, or platform, that had been hammered out between the party's moderates and its disproportionately influential left wing. Callaghan had held out for a program that would not frighten...
...been removed with a no-hitter going. This was the plan before the game since he has not worked since last Wednesday's contest at Boston College and has to be sharp for the Quakers' heavy hitters. "I'm really looking forward to that game," he said with a smile...
...bright turquoise-blue wall that was covered with primitive but happy paintings that depicted a ship loaded with people, and then a dark cube surrounded by birds and flowers. The entire frieze conveyed a kind of ecstatic vision. The old man explained, his wrinkled face breaking into a happy smile: 'I made the hajj [the pilgrimage to Mecca that every Muslim is encouraged to make at least once in his lifetime]. And I wanted all my Bedouin brothers to share and value it with me. So I drew this, and when I am gone it will be here...
...things he did left him disillusioned, it was more a comment on what Harvard does to even its best employees than any reflection on him. I knew Sherman barely three years, but he set an example I'll follow for as long as I can remember his smile, his concern and his life. I think I speak for everyone in wishing that I'd only had a little more time with a man we all called friend. Brian O'Leary...