Word: versions
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Then came a jarring change in the procedure. Jenkins pointed out that, having elicited through direct examination the Stevens version of the Army-McCarthy dispute, it now became the committee counsel's duty to try to test that version through crossexamination. Having already demonstrated that he was totally unafraid of McCarthy, Jenkins began to rough Stevens up; his way of being impartial was to carry chips on both of his huge shoulders. As he began to cross-examine Stevens, Jenkins' tone grew harsher, he clapped his hands to emphasize his words, he stabbed at the table with...
...travel route. At the dinner, Ike looked beamingly relaxed, his starched, gleaming shirt front and white tie accentuated his healthy tan, and he fairly leaped to his feet to lead the applause for ex-President Herbert Hoover. When a cadet chorus from West Point serenaded him with its version of Once in Love with Amy (amended to "Mamie"), Ike chuckled with delight. But when his turn came to speak, the President was as sober as his words...
...Finley version, posted in Eliot House, warned of the thefts and continued: "You are urged by the University Police to tackle any such intruder, detain him, and call the police--after which you may go back...
...public record contains not nearly enough information to determine whether Oppenheimer's version or the charge that he tried to block the H-bomb is true; the H-bomb charge would be disputed before the panel headed by former Army Secretary Gordon Gray, which opened hearings last week on the Oppenheimer case. It is known that Oppenheimer was the strongest man in a group whose opposition to the H-bomb was supported by moral and political (as well as technical) arguments. It is also clear that Oppenheimer, in his role as strategist and statesman, powerfully opposed the doctrine...
...conflict. Moreover, in sharp vignettes, Author Lewis shows that the crackle of change in Southeast Asia comes not only from firebrand nationalists and Red fanatics but also from the intellectual bubble gum that the East borrows from the West. At Luang Nakon's leading cabaret, the local version of the Radio City Rockettes wear drum-majorette boots, hussars' hats and nothing else. At the town's boxing matches, the style if not the wording of the billboards is familiar: "Famous, flashy and crashing kid possesses a resolute punch." When a jukebox with colored lights and boogie-woogie...