Word: softener
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...other abolished poll taxes in federal elections. Last month, Congress sent to the states for ratification what is potentially the 25th Amendment, dealing with presidential disability and succession. Last week the Senate debated an other proposed amendment that has wide support. Sponsored by Minority Leader Everett Dirksen, it would soften the Supreme Court's one-man, one-vote ruling as applied to state legislatures...
Wyler gets results by demanding them-over and over and over again. Actors assigned to him describe the experience as "living in the torture chamber." Greer Garson tried to soften him up in advance by sending him a pair of velvet gloves. Bette Davis got so mad she walked off the set for a week. Olivia de Havilland all but heaved a suitcase at Wyler after he ordered the umpteenth take of the same scene; yet all these films were hits. "I've resisted the temptation of being a good fellow," says Wyler, 62. "I don't care...
...conditioning units are segregated from the rest of the house in acoustically sealed closets, and all air ducts are lined with Fiberglas or board. Dishwashers and disposals are housed in rubber and glass-wool casings to cushion vibrations. Even the underbellies of sinks are swathed in felt to soften the clatter of silver and glassware clanging against the stainless steel...
...Much? Picking up the steel gauntlet will turn out to be an expensive proposition. To soften the financial community's opposition, Wilson resolved to pay far more than is really necessary for the private steel shares the government intends to buy up. The White Paper's schedules of compensation for private shareholders of the present firms are nearly 25% above the current market value of the stocks, and will cost the treasury an estimated additional $330 million over the total market price of $1.2 billion. Wilson's unexpected largesse predictably sent steel shares jumping upward...
...foray abroad was to Bonn for talks with Chancellor Ludwig Erhard, a free-market economist with scant affection for socialists. Wilson was attentive, polite and respectful toward German dreams of reunification, a hard line toward Moscow, and the recovery of the lands lost to Poland. Wilson did much to soften the traditional anti-German image of the Labor Party, and Erhard was considerably charmed. Britain's new leader returned home with a German promise to buy more British goods to help offset the sterling drain that results from maintenance of the British army on the Rhine...