Word: stick
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Jove! Mr. Johnson is quickly becoming the Teddy Roosevelt of the '60s. Both men display a somewhat vibrant personality, and Lyndon used the "big stick" in Southeast Asia much the same as Teddy used it in Panama. Let's hope Lyndon doesn't contract yellow fever...
...river. The score's low-water mark is struck in a rankly commercial number entitled Apple Jack, a shallow echo of some of Weill's earlier work. "Weill's best melodies are like glue," exclaims Rosenstock. "If you listen to them, they stick." The most adhesive refrain in Huckleberry is called This Time Next Year and expresses Jim's dream of freedom. Sung by Thomas Carey, a Negro baritone from New York City, and lushly embellished by 45 crack musicians from the Vienna Philharmonic and Volksoper orchestras, this hauntingly romantic song ranks with the finest...
...current crisis. But I cannot understand why "Washington officials" were so alarmed at the prospect of the crisis coming to a head before the election. I think that it is fortunate that the voters will now be able to judge Johnson's skill in the art of "big-stick" diplomacy...
...value of tourism, though, is bound to engender more linguistic proficiency. In only a year's time, New York City's Newtom Commuting Corp., has built up a booming hired-car service around the idea of having polylingual chauffeurs, who pick up foreigners at the airport and stick with them for the duration of their stay in the city (Newtom can handle nine languages, so far). Manhattan's Gray Line sightseeing buses now offer spiels in Spanish, German, French and Japanese...
with a big stick...