Word: succeeding
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...official rounds, the Glenn family shed their shoes in their Waldorf suite (to minimize the static electricity) and assembled at the blast of a trumpet-the gift of Manhattan's musicians-playfully tooted by father John. For relaxation they spent successive evenings at the theater, at How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and at Camelot. Glenn's sense of humor flashed when he met Sir Harry Howard, Lord Mayor of Perth, Australia, the city that had turned on all its lights as Glenn orbited overhead. Quipped Glenn: "I was a little bit worried when...
...pride in Glenn's feat rose not only from the free world's satisfaction that America had begun moving in space, but from a personal concern that Glenn, the man alone in space, should succeed in his mission. The U.S. and the world had watched him undergo ten frustrating postponements, and could remember the anguish on his haggard face last January as he patiently waited his chance to orbit the globe?or die trying...
Despite Lopsided Majorities. In the flush of their victory, Republicans were quick to counterattack. Representative Bob Wilson, chairman of the House Republican Campaign Committee, fired off a telegram to the White House, suggesting that Robert Weaver be named to succeed Abraham Ribicoff, who plans to resign as Health, Education and Welfare Secretary to run for the Senate. Senate Minority Leader Everett Dirksen gleefully assured a press conference that if Weaver were named to the HEW post, "not a single Republican vote" would be cast against...
...Sale. By all accounts. Hunt Hartford may never succeed, though he is certainly trying. For one thing, he himself admits that he has at least $65 million to get rid of, and more distant observers have put the figure as high as $500 million. For another, he is spending it in an unusual, for him, kind...
...Succeed in Business Without Really Trying is the secret that Actor Bobby Morse shares with the season's most appreciative audiences, as he clambers deceitfully and nimbly up the corporate slag heap...