Word: speaking
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...never mind talking," said a Macmillan aide, and Macmillan meant to speak as plainly to Khrushchev as Sir Anthony Eden had before about British determination to defend its interests in such Persian Gulf oil states as Kuwait (the source of half of Britain's oil). Britain's concern is immediate: the Sheik of Kuwait, whose oil royalties are some $300 million a year, conferred twice in Damascus last week with Nasser. It also became apparent that Macmillan was getting ready to put Nasser himself on trial. The Middle East war that Khrushchev said had "already begun...
...probably hopeful that he might have driven a wedge between the U.S. and France. De Gaulle's message delighted the French, who noted that De Gaulle had dispatched Couve de Murville to Rome and Bonn to line up continental countries behind his plan to speak for Europe at the summit. There was even the suggestion that with his insistence on preparation "with care, reason and calm," and exclusion of public speechmaking, De Gaulle might lift the summit out of the U.N. morass in moiling Manhattan. He himself might, if he wished, wind up presiding over a Security Council meeting...
...leader of the Modern Jazz Quartet takes some standards (Little Girl Blue, It Never Entered My Mind) and some of his own compositions (Harlequin, Colombine) and strips them to the clean, cool bone. The spare treatments have a fragile charm all their own, but when heard in bulk they speak in an emotional monotone ultimately as wearying as a series of landscapes executed in whites and greys...
...free to compete as it likes against the new afternoon Post and Times-Star (first press run: 318,000). "There will be no 'centralization' of editorial policies," said Howard. "Down in Memphis, where we own the Commercial Appeal and the Press-Scimitar, it seems our people hardly speak to each other. They're ruggedly competitive...
...distaff side, Inga Swenson has in her first season proved an invaluable addition; lovely to look at, she can sing as well as speak beautifully. Nancy Marchand and Nancy Wickwire are already accomplished actresses, and show promise of further growth. And Barbara Barrie has a special gift for comedy...