Word: sure
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...campaign to convince the world that Russia is out to ease international tensions, Nikita Khrushchev has displayed the sure timing of an expert con man and the insinuating patter of a carnival barker. Last week, in a single act of savagery, Khrushchev threw away the diplomatic fruits of all this patience and skill...
...outside Russia could be sure just what political forces were at play in last week's Central Committee meeting; they could only judge by results. But there were many tipsters, ax grinders and self-appointed experts who have long professed to know...
...Making sure that U.S. newspapers noticed their annual convention in Portland next month, veterans of the island-hopping 41st Infantry Division issued a loud invitation to an old Pacific pal: Mrs. Iva Toguri D' Aquino, better known as the languid-toned Axis platter-puss, Tokyo Rose. Unperturbed by the fact that she would have to pay her own way from Chicago, Ex-Disk Jockey Rose said she would be interested- if some pesky federal deportation proceedings against...
...carrying it on. Trade-in offers brought RCA's lowest-priced $495 set down to $399.95. As a result, sales of color sets are up 30% this year over the same period in 1957, while sales of black-and-white sets are off 16%. (Snorted one dealer: "Well, sure-this year they are selling three sets instead...
...conducted by Piero Coppola; Angel). This new entry in Angel's "Great Recordings of the Century" series presents Prokofiev's own performance of his Third Concerto as he recorded it in London in 1932. Pianist Prokofiev sails through the familiar, exhilarating, gently ironic music with a rock-sure rhythmic stride, a springy touch and a tone that can melt or soar into green lyrical fancies...