Word: stirring
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...President," Dirksen continued, "that when a man lies in pain in a hospital, to send him a message at once so cynical and so brutal. Where are the common charities, after all, Mr. President? How bad must be the evil acids eating at the soul if finally they stir in such a way our passions and our tempers . . . Mr. President, there is fever and there is pain. The least we could do in an effort to be charitable would be to recess the Senate, in consonance with the suggestions made by eminent medical authority. When Senator McCarthy is ready...
...session ended with McCarthy deciding he did not have time to deliver his "handmaiden" speech. The Wisconsin Senator's decision pointed up the fact that he was not really trying to impress the Senate, but to grab the headlines and stir dissension. Leaving the Senate floor that afternoon, McCarthy Lawyer Edward Williams was asked by a newsman: "Ed, your boy sure isn't trying to win friends and influence people, is he?" Replied Williams, wearily: "That's one book Joe didn't write...
...Manhattan he served a rigorous apprenticeship, drawing border ornaments for a printer, even did some house painting. In 1922 he got a commission to do the murals for a Russian nightclub, and his fiery red devils and blue Byzantine angels created a mild stir. Soon he was in demand as a designer and illustrator. Once established, he began to try out some of the ideas defended from his old grotesque doodles, and caught the eye and fancy of the critics. Among his commissions: charts and graphs for FORTUNE, cover drawings for TIME, and a famous series of drawings of World...
...most cases, the visitor's experience would have caused little stir. But the Negro was Grantley Adams, Premier of the British colony of Barbados and a staunch promoter of Canada-West Indies trade. When an airline official discovered next day that the Premier had been shunted to a second-rate hotel, he promptly reported the incident to the Ottawa government. Windsor Hotel officials hotly denied that any discrimination had been involved; the management insisted that there had really been "a lack of room." But the government seemed more inclined to accept Premier Adams' interpretation of the incident. Last...
Hatcher and Edson feared membership restrictions could stir up alumni unrest and dissatisfaction and could discourage prospective applicants from coming to the University...