Word: statesmanly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...like a father," say his workers. "I hate him," grimaces a competitor. "He is a statesman," purrs Soviet Deputy Premier Anastas Mikoyan. The object of these vastly divergent judgments: wispy Sazo Idemitsu, 76, the Far East's fastest rising oilman and the prime pipeline through which Soviet Russia pumps its oil into the rapidly expanding Japanese market...
After conducting the traditional morning ceremonies and awarding the first 11 honoraries, Conant finally reached General Marshall, "an American to whom freedom owes an enduring debt of gratitude, a soldier and statesman whose ability and character brook only one comparison in the history of this nation...
...start with a healthy heart," said Boston's Dr. Paul Dudley White, 76, elder statesman of cardiology, "physical labor or exercise apparently helps to keep it healthy. There is no evidence, that mental work per se causes heart disease, although in excess it may lead to neglect of proper health habits, and thus perhaps favor the early development of heart disease. The best antidote for the harmful effects of intensive mental work is vigorous physical labor or exercise...
When London's New Statesman offered a prize for the most sensational headline, some wits felt that the winning entry should be ADENAUER DEAD...
...doing the twist. Asked her opinion of France's then Premier Michel Debré after the Ivory Coast's Independence Day Ball, Thérèse allowed that "He's nice," but added that "he doesn't cha cha half as well" as another statesman at the party. Frenchmen, who call her the Ivory One and see her as the forerunner of a new, Europe-influenced African woman, delight in her exuberant, ultrafeminine wit. It did not go unappreciated at a recent luncheon party at Bobby Kennedy's house, at which, latching on fast...