Word: ciceronian
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Writing an exciting biography about Warren Gamaliel Harding is like filming a chase sequence with a wooden Indian. Harding's instincts were all for posture. Like a suntanned Roman, he struck his Midwest Ciceronian pose and held it, occasionally delivering himself of the sort of speech that instantly self-destructs upon reaching the brain...
...tempted to ask a Ciceronian question, "How long, Mr. Wilson, how long...
...dollars and cents in the United States leaves me with a sense of disgust. I remember a visit to the home of a very rich collector of pictures in New York. He accompanied me himself, set me at the best point of view before each item, and declaimed in Ciceronian accents: 'Corot, ten thousand dollars; Millet, fifteen thousand...
...hapless broadcasters seemed to take it all in with respect if not with enthusiasm. And when Minow's speech turned into a Ciceronian cannonade at the end, they at least knew from a year's experience that it might prove more than mere oratory. "We have much to learn from the great American audience," he told broad casters. "Television spends a great deal of time and effort measuring that audience. While this has been going on, the audience has been taking the measure of tele vision - and I think the audience is ahead of you . . . For the nation...
...went up as MacArthur stepped out of the White House 707 at Manila's airport, dressed in the spare khaki uniform of another era, wearing the faded, frayed cap he made famous. His salute trembled ever so slightly, but he had lost none of his flair for the Ciceronian phrase. "My life has been interwoven with yours for nearly sixty years," he said. "Here I have lived my greatest moments. Here I have my greatest memories...