Word: touche
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Cooper's heart was faulty, but the untrue rumor that Cooper had heart trouble has persisted. He smokes a rare cigarette, drinks an occasional bourbon highball, and dresses soberly. He has a horror of loud ties, and when he is tempted to substitute one with a touch of color for his favorite dark blue knit, he sometimes appeals to Macomber to tell him whether the new tie is too loud. Assured that it is not, Cooper is still likely to whip the blue tie out of his pocket and change...
...Major General John W. O'Daniel, head of the U.S. military mission, still believed the war could be won, especially if his plan for U.S.-style training of the Vietnamese army could get under way. But French GHQ was told by Paris instead to get in touch with the enemy, "in line with agreements reached at Geneva." This week French staff officers therefore prepared to meet the Communists in the small village of Tunggia, halfway between Hanoi and the Red base at Thainguyen, to work out arrangements {e.g., the regrouping of both armies) toward a ceasefire. Even...
...have been committed to "comparative isolation in official exile," and "only 2% of the home desks are presently occupied by them." One man with 43 years of service has had only 13 months of home duty. Said the report: "Men immersed continuously in other societies inevitably tend to lose touch with the circumstances and attitudes that shape national policy at home. Their outlook, their judgment of changing factors of national concern, and finally their sense of urgency ... cannot escape being altered." ¶"Absence of strong administrative leadership" is the key reason for "sinking morale" at State...
...Urge. Posing as a retired schoolteacher, he tried to remain inactive in Barcelona. But a few weeks ago, hungering for intrigue, he got in touch with old friends, and started printing a clandestine Marxist newspaper. Barcelona police tracked the paper to an apartment house, finally narrowed down to the mysterious man with the dark glasses. Inspector Polo recognized him instantly...
...bursts of direct action which often merely compound his troubles and confuse subordinates. Many of the President's friends share the concern recently expressed by a Manila editor: "Everybody still wishes Magsaysay well. It is about time he gave the people more than honesty, integrity and the common touch. The government must be uncommonly capable, efficient and effective, too." Most of the men now opposing Magsaysay got behind him originally in the sincere hope that he would bring about a better and a fairer balance of life in the islands. What, then, divides them and the President...