Word: wishfully
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...library, they might well decide that separation from the 10,000 men of Harvard and their 20,000 feet is not altogether undesirable. Far from working an hardship upon these tender maidens, the authorities have done an act of pure compassion. Who could, in the spirit of Harvardian gentlemanliness, wish upon his worst enemy a breath of Lamont air? David Gilfillan...
...stop pussyfooting," and label their program socialism. And in Lubbock, Texas, he went all out after Johnson. "When," demanded Barry, "will he candidly admit that our course is toward socialism, or, if he rejects socialism, will he tell how he will oppose it and its spokesmen? Oh, how I wish the parties could fight this out. I refuse to dignify the party by associating the name 'Democratic' with it, but I wish they would accent the term 'Socialist Party,' because, whether they know it or not, whether they like it or not, this is the road...
...fresh one. In Sharon, Pa., he lost his wristwatch and cuff links to a mob of squealing girls. At Erie, a contingent of 63 teen-age Demzelles formed a corridor between Hubert's platform and his limousine, begged to be allowed to kiss him. Each got her wish as Hubert beamingly worked his way down the line, allowing all 63 girls a peck. It looked like more fun than kissing babies...
Rowdy Links. Supporters of exiled Dictator Juan Perón put De Gaulle precisely where he did not wish to be-smack in the middle of Argentina's violent internal politics. From Madrid, Perón told his supporters to "greet De Gaulle as you would greet me." That produced a mob scene and a rowdy attempt to link De Gaulle with Perón, presenting both as champions of the third force, independent of either East or West. The obvious purpose was to discomfit the regime of President Arturo Illia, which has cast its lot with...
...death sentence to life imprisonment. Now, 13 years after Pétain's death and burial on the Ile d'Yeu in the Bay of Biscay, the French press is alive with rumors that De Gaulle may accede to Pétain's wish to be interred at Verdun. So he may, but le chef has been angered by the buzz-buzz. The earliest date for reburial is now the 50th anniversary of the battle of Verdun...