Word: thrustingly
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...signaled by spring's own lively thrust, Ike turned to with evident vigor; his color was well-weathered, ruddy; the lines that ringed his eyes a month ago were gone. In his wide-ranging week, the President...
...says Burnham, the presidency has become "the primary democratist institution." A democratist tone was already audible in President-to-be Woodrow Wilson's pronouncement, back in 1908, that the U.S. "craves a single leader." Democratism's big thrust came in the early years of the New Deal, with Franklin Roosevelt pushing batches of White House bills through Congress and even challenging the Supreme Court in his notorious (but illfated) court-packing plan...
...Winston Churchill, 84, came haltingly down the ramp from Columbine III one evening last week at the Military Air Transport Service terminal in Washington. At the bottom of the steps President Eisenhower watched solicitously as he waited for his visitor. Then, with Churchill triumphant, Eisenhower stepped forward and thrust out his hand. "Hello, my friend," he said. "Glad to see you back again." Churchill, noticeably composing himself, replied: "I am indeed glad...
...Yale game will give Crimson attackman Dave Bohn his last chance to add to his scoring mark, now well over last year's standard. Bohn, whose goals usually come in clusters, has thrust in 31 tallies so far this season. Jerry Pyle, the vasrity captain, is second with 10 goals, while Nick Lamont has scored 6 times. Lamont also leads the team in assists with...
...bullfight weekly: "The gentleman of the bullring, with a face as impassive as a sphinx, withstood stoically the angry charges of the brave bull. With the tragic rhythm of the bullfight, not moving an inch and employing grace as well as mathematical precision, Clements killed his enemy with one thrust of the estoque [sword]. It was a classical kill, the likes of which we had not seen in a long time...