Word: woodenness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Republicans who paid $125 a plate to attend the dinner heard Ford do his wooden best to raise party morale with his vow that he would continue to travel the country. Ford also promised full production for the farmers, predicted more grain sales to the Soviet Union and criticized the Democrats in Congress for "inflationary spending." Soon after his speech was over, Ford departed as furtively as he had arrived. Slipping out a side entrance, he waved at the crowd 30 yards away and disappeared into his limousine. Total time that he was visible: about five seconds...
...Navy popped its cork? Through the ages many a great vessel has been adorned with a topless if wooden dame of the sea. And last week at a cocktail reception before a "Circus Saints and Sinners" charity luncheon in Washington, two bare-breasted belly dancers were ogled by, among others, a sprinkling of admirals and generals. Little wonder that Stevenson has sought legal counsel to have his post restored and the letter of reprimand removed from his file...
...central metaphor of Cockpit is a bicycle wheel that the narrator remembers playing with as a child. He would run along behind it, pushing it forward and controlling its path with a wooden stick: so, as an adult, he manipulates the lives of people he encounters...
...plastic chairs. He heads downstairs to the lower canteen, a far livelier place, where he is to have his picture taken while handing out first-aid certificates to a group of apprentices. The photographer poses Owen this way and that, trying to make him look comfortable among the long wooden benches packed with men who are loudly joking their way through hearty 500 meals. A few workers look over their shoulders. Then they quickly turn back to their plates, not out of any apparent dislike or indifference but with the embarrassment of proud men who do not want to seem...
...gold miter and brocade cope. As they watched, the prelate moved in front of a large table, pronouncing the words of blessing with a Maurice Chevalier accent and making the sign of the Cross over hammers and screwdrivers, a violin, a teacher's notebook, a housewife's wooden spoon, an artist's brushes...