Word: verbale
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...hope it will be reinforced by the pending London-Paris accords. The U.S. does not intend thus to be hastily provoked into needless action." This highly practical talk was the more forceful because Dulles' line had already been proved right. U.S. allies, especially Britain, had been reassured by Dulles' verbal restraint and had not hesitated to denounce the Reds in terms as strong as any Dulles could have used...
...Although verbal agreement is at least a start, for the present, Soviet policy on the atomic plan must be placed only in the category of words, not of deeds. There is no indication yet that the Russian action is more than another move in the game of atomic power politics...
Fred arranged to rent the site from the rancher who owned it (with a verbal agreement to give him 15% of any commercial ore mined), and began to dig for buried treasure. He had only the barest knowledge of mining practices, and for three years he worked alone, hacking away with a pick and a crude handdrill. Many Saturdays Martha Schwartzwalder swept the school floors and washed blackboards so her husband could work on his mine. It was a grinding, grueling job. On the last four unblazed miles to the minesite, everything had to be carried by hand. Twice...
...later, the head of the psychology department dropped a verbal bomb-shall when he said, "We Need More Men Like Heath." This comment came as a shock to most faculty and undergraduates. They naturally did not expect the head of Heath's department, which did not promote him, also to publicly praise him. The immediate implication was that Heath was begin fired for his criticism of the University, and not, as some had thought, for any incompetence...
Ever since financial difficulties abruptly halted the shooting of the Italo-American film William Tell last year, unpaid actors and technicians in Rome have been slinging verbal arrows at Co-Producer Errol Flynn. Last week, as if he were still portraying a swashbuckling hero, Flynn flew bravely back to Rome to face his critics. Suing an Italian company for the money he invested in the unfinished movie, Flynn declared: "I lived up to my contractual obligations. It's a case of guilt by association. I put up 300,000 bucks and I lost it. For me, this...