Word: versa
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...evenings when a particular street is to be cleaned, a police sound truck will exhort car-owners to park their cars according to the new plan; on the evening of even-numbered days cars must be parked on the even-numbered sides, and vice versa. Violators will be ticketed, but not, under present plans, towed away...
...tolerance" of the Chinese Communist regime and its "democratic spirit at the top." Nonetheless, his description of the "collective leadership" that Mao has fostered at Peking is very enlightening, especially since it suggests that the present rulers of Russia have been emulating their Chinese counterparts, instead of vice versa...
With perhaps a pollster's predictable prejudice, Lubell disputes the theory that "great men make history," argues instead that in the U.S. the voter does far more to shape the politician than vice versa. In such a half-light, Lubell regards President Eisenhower as, "one of the most masterful politicians in American history . . . adept in 'giving the people what they want.'" Ike's presidential success depends not on a "follow-me" type of leadership but on "the skill with which he has followed the public mood ... He has led the people by moving in the direction...
...apparently indestructible myth that Wilson said: "What's good for General Motors is good for the country." The official transcript of the hearing released later, showed that what Wilson really said was: "I thought what was good for our country was good for General Motors, and vice versa. But the impact of the first stories was never overcome by the fact, and probably never will be. To its credit, the Washington Post reported the story correctly from the start...
...when the three Maltese take their places at Westminster, how will the issues that concern Britain weigh with them, and vice versa? Confessed one M.P.: "For a number of years, maybe quite a few, there would be inevitably a sense of unreality about the functions they would discharge as members of this House." No one seemed anxious to discuss the possibility of applications from 20 other British colonies. Gambia, a small British outpost in West Africa, has already announced that it, too, would like to send representatives to Westminster...