Word: warmness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Francisco. With no hardship at all, Republican Incumbent George Christopher, 52, walloped Democratic Tax Assessor Russell Wolden, 49, by more than 50,000 votes. Greek-born George Christopher, who showed his abilities during his first term and enhanced his position when he rang in a warm San Francisco welcome for Nikita Khrushchev (cabled Khrushchev: "Had I been a citizen of your beautiful city, I would undoubtedly have voted for you"), had the city in his pocket virtually from the beginning, even though registration is overwhelmingly Democratic. In his wild-swinging campaign, Opponent Wolden accused Christopher's administration of permitting...
...cynical expediency, however well it may have worked for Emerson Electric. The accusation overlooks Symington's authentic streak of respect for labor, which stems from his grimy days as a chipper and moulder in his uncle's foundry. Over the years, Symington has won the warm respect and esteem of the Electrical Workers' high-voltage President James Carey. "I have extremely high regard for Stuart Symington," says Carey, "and for extremely good reason-his record...
Castro's younger brother, Raul, was detailed to warm up the crowd before Fidel himself appeared. "None of our prisoners are tortured," he cried. "But when necessary, we execute them." The crowd of peasants and union members, released from work for the day and trucked in from outlying provinces for the show, screamed its delight. At the appearance of Fidel himself, who landed in a helicopter carrying a new Belgian rifle (one of 24,000 he recently bought for his troops), the mob chanted for eight solid minutes...
Among the holdovers from last season, A Raisin in the Sun still casts its warm, affectionate illumination on Negro life on Chicago's South Side; La Plume de Ma Tante remains a vintage French revue; My Fair Lady and The Music Man head the musical comedy division...
...large, the Russians received a warm welcome in Cambridge, their first real stop in their month-long tour of the Northeastern United States (they landed in New York the day before they arrived in Cambridge), a much warmer welcome than many people thought this generally aloof community would give...