Word: sterne
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Once formally "adopted" by the local party, a candidate is by law required to hire a campaign agent who, for a set fee of $210, assumes responsibility for running the campaign, lining up volunteer workers, and keeping a stern eye on every ha'penny...
...hates. He stands up for personal "consciousness" in an epoch in which civilization has half-drowned itself in mass emotion and the seas of the Freudian unconscious. As long ago as 1914 Wyndham Lewis was pouring curses upon Mother Nature and shaggy beards, arguing that master gardeners and stern hairdressers are the truest symbols of civilization...
...third largest trading nation. It had been restored to health by billions in U.S. aid, by a sympathetic occupation and, most of all, by the Germans' own astonishing energy. But its restoration to a place of trust in the Western world was primarily the achievement of one man: stern, formidable old Konrad Adenauer...
...singing, but are sufficiently pompous in the role of aristocracy. The Duchess and her daughter, Merle Moses, flip their fans in fine precision, although a little too often. Miss Moses was nervous in the opening act last night, but is otherwise adequate. Her secret attraction is the drumboy, Bob Stern, who sings with a strong melodic voice. The old fellow who gives everyone trouble is William Cowperthwaite, the Grand Inquisitor, who performs his duty with solemn face and extended arms...
...suggest three major alternatives re Matsu and Quemoy. Isn't there a fourth? In the event of a Red attack, complete evacuation of all civilians and Nationalist troops from the two islands, coupled with a stern warning that any Reds who set foot on either island will be A-, H-and/or U-bombed from there...