Word: tappers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...next eleven hours, Jones pores over contracts and proposals, fidgets through conferences-in conversation, he is a habitual shadowboxer, leg crosser and finger tapper-with a steady stream of generals, vice presidents, scientists and budgeteers. After hours, his social life is relaxed and seldom formal. Despite his appreciation of good food and wine, he eats and drinks sparingly. His house lacks a bomb shelter but boasts a wine vault...
...successive Gromyko-Rusk meetings so far, described by one participant as "perfectly genial, perfectly agreeable." Behind the geniality, of course, was the deadly serious purpose of finding out whether a Berlin compromise is possible. The seriousness was acknowledged by Gromyko. who has developed into an inveterate knee-tapper, prodding his own and his opponents' knees with a blunt finger for emphasis; although Gromyko speaks English reasonably well, he insisted on conducting the Rusk negotiations in Russian through an interpreter to make sure that no word was lost or misunderstood. And indeed much of the talk concerned words...
...velvet darkness the posse of 16 white men crouched noiselessly at the jungle's edge. Just beyond, in a clearing, glowed the campfires of their prey: a tiny band of Brazilian Indians whose men had clubbed to death, in a reprisal raid, a white rubber tapper who had killed one of their tribe. When the campfires ebbed and the Indians had settled into sleep, the posse struck-with shotguns, machetes and vicious dogs. No one was spared. In a few minutes, 22 men, 18 women and 12 children lay dead. The posse cut off three heads as trophies...
Contrary to some beliefs, he does not finger any lucky charms in his pocket, but merely imprisons his hands to keep from giving in to nervous habits. Kennedy is a knuckle rubber (fourth finger, left hand), forelock brusher, tie-knot shifter and teeth tapper...