Word: staying
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...daddy told me," says Lyndon Johnson, "that if I didn't want to get shot at, I should stay off the firing lines. This is politics." But Johnson hates to get shot at. He spends hours each day devouring everything written about himself in Texas weeklies, in all the major U.S. newspapers and magazines, in the Manchester Guardian and the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung ("These men writing for foreign papers seem to understand me better than the men writing at home...
...giving up any idea of a political career, Godfrey felt one consolation: "If I stay where I am, I can concern myself only with our country's survival." Out of concern for his own survival on TV, Godfrey has added a $5,000-a-week giveaway to his Talent Scouts...
...Peggy, published last month and already a runaway bestseller in France. One reader deeply moved by the book was Dr. Xavier Leclainche, boss of public assistance for Paris. He called in Author Vernhes for a talk, issued swift orders. At his seven children's hospitals, parents may henceforth stay round the clock at the bedside of any patient near death. The youngsters may keep such items as lockets and crosses, and their own clothes. Parents may be present before and after all operations, and there will be waiting rooms. Dr. Leclainche will even try a hostess service, modeled...
...three months' stay with Picasso, Duncan borrows one of the artist's most exultant shouts, says wholeheartedly: "Es una cosa muy rara! [It's something very rare...
Nowhere does list price mean less than in the U.S. auto industry. Says Ward's Automotive Reports: Discounts are here to stay. "The 25% dealer price markup is greater than can be justified by the services performed by the dealer." The manufacturers' suggested list price has also become meaningless as the difference between it and the actual "delivered price" that the customer pays has increased. The original list price does not include taxes, delivery charges and optional equipment, which often add $1,000 to the cost of a car. As customers have learned to bargain harder, the percentage...