Word: wearingly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...rigged up arc lights, offered its reporters bonuses for scoops. When Vice President Nixon arrived at O'Hare International Airport, a Jeep-borne camera broke through the crowd; when President Eisenhower landed, a cagey CBS reporter persuaded Chicago Manufacturer William Rentschler, chairman of "Thank You Ike Day," to wear a microphone under his tie, and CBS picked up the words of Ike's greeting to the welcoming committee ("I know this must be taking a lot of time and effort...
...into service. Last year TWA earned $9,400,000, had the highest load factor in the industry. But like other TWA presidents (four since 1947), Thomas had his problems with Howard Hughes, 54, TWA's eccentric owner. Although Thomas once told friends that he was ready to wear the collar Hughes puts on his presidents, the collar chafed increasingly as Thomas and Hughes quarreled over how to finance TWA's jet fleet. Hughes has not yet designated Thomas' successor...
...Millions of Americans who voted for President Eisenhower [may] balk at electing his successor. For, just as historians tell us that Richard I was not fit to fill the shoes of the bold Henry II, and that Richard Cromwell was not fit to wear the mantle of his uncle, they might add in future years that Richard Nixon did not measure up to the footsteps of Dwight D. Eisenhower...
Earnest students of culture, the German campers efficiently map out their trips to the last detail, often spend a year planning their itinerary. In some cities, street hawkers do a thriving business renting clothes to hairy-legged Germans kept out of historic cathedrals by priests who consider Lederhosen unsuitable wear...
...Prickly Heat. Usually trivial, but may be incapacitating if it affects large areas or becomes infected. Prevention: wear loose, well-ventilated clothes, bathe often with little soap. Remedy: keep in a cool, dry place. (Creams, ointments and powders may do more harm than good...