Word: smiles
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...vantage spots around town. At one point, the TV network broadcast a film of Mao's visit to the exhibition. When Chair man Mao saw himself waving to people as he was leaving the hall, his round, bland face split like a sliced watermelon with a wide smile; he clapped his hands and cried, "Hao, hao" (Good, good...
...itself was thronged with tribesmen who had waited since dawn without food or water to shout their welcome. Even Seretse's own attempts to halt the cheering and speak a word of thanks were futile. "Seretse! Seretse! Seretse!" cried his former subjects, and the ex-chief could only smile back helplessly...
...opponents merely smile cynically when they talk about Vellucci and the school committee, however. They refer inevitably to a certain "Family Night" in 1953 when the committee members voted several positions in the school system to their relatives. "But none of them were my relatives," Vellucci insists, "and they wese all highly qualified men with masters and doctors degrees...
Until the parking problem is solved, however, most other University projects seem relatively safe. For the Councillor makes no secret of the fact that he intends to clear that mess up first. "If Harvard doesn't do something soon," he threatens with a smile, "I might support that Professor who suggested they move to Peterborough. He may have come up with the best solution...
Such treatment was rougher than Liberace has received at the hands of most U.S. newssheets-even the toughest Americans have been softened by personal contact with the Liberace charm-and he momentarily lost his smile. "To mention Momism, to refer to my love for my mother as if it were Communism or Naziism, is something I can't imagine anyone in his right mind would do," he snapped. Then recovering his benign calm. Liberace purred: "Everyone has to expect a certain number of nonbelievers, and even enemies. I suppose that's why they shot Abraham Lincoln and crucified...