Word: soured
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...plays often express nostalgia for hope and optimism in the spirit of a young girl (as in The Rehearsal), countering it with examples of repulsive families, bizarre marriages, grubbing politics and permeating corruption. Anouilh has carried this further by marrying two of his young heroines. In a more sour vein, he is forever locked in combat with critics. When they turn on him for his savage implosions of the constituted society, he merely picks up his pen and writes reviews of his own plays for Le Figaro, setting them all straight...
...just one example of the type of issue that could render Kennedy vulnerable next year, Nixon cited the recent U.S.-endorsed military coup in South Viet Nam. "If this Viet war goes sour, Viet Nam could be a hot issue next year. If it goes well, it won't be. It's strange to me, when we are fawning over Tito, catering to Kadar, accommodating Khrushchev, we don't even have the decency to express our sympathy to a family which was a real foe of Communism. There is a human factor here...
...Sugar Cookies. But life was not all sour grapes for the President last week. On Veterans Day he took John Jr., dubbed "John-John" by the family, along for ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery. While the President and U.S. military leaders were marching toward the Tomb of the Unknowns, John-John escaped from Secret Servicemen and busted into the parade. Some folks thought that a good, firm nanny might well be employed to keep a 2½-year-old out of solemn ceremonies, but the President thought the whole incident was hilarious. Anyhow, Look Magazine was closing an exclusive pictorial...
...surveys' story sounded both sweet and sour to Barry Goldwater...
...Agreement. Once in office, Belaúnde opened negotiations for a new contract with I.P.C. President Milo M. Brisco. But the talks quickly turned sour. The company argued that Belaúnde's demand for $50 million plus a future 60% income tax amounted to "economic confiscation," took ads in Lima papers to show that I.P.C. would be losing money. I.P.C. wanted a 50% income tax; it agreed to pay the $50 million but insisted that these payments be considered deductible expenses against future taxes. All of this, the Peruvians refused...