Word: impression
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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James Washington Jr., chairman of CBC, hinted that the City may face racial violence this summer unless more is done for the blacks. "I just can't impress upon the Council the urgency of what has to be done," Washington said...
...blunted. It is easier to differentiate them by their style. Kennedy's is tense, urgent, gritty. When the crowds are not attempting to steal his clothing, he will often take off his jacket and roll up his sleeves before talking. He shoots statistics that occasionally misinform but more often impress. His gestures jab and chop; sometimes his hands and lips betray in little movements the taut nerves within...
...better deal. His offer of an unconditional, if partial, bombing pause, backed up by his renunciation of a second term, was an astonishingly risky move for a notoriously cautious operator. Having gambled so much, the President was not interested in showcase talks that would impress the world but accomplish little. Consequently, he considered it important not merely that the talks should get started, but also that they should get started in the proper way, without allowing the U.S. to labor under the considerable disadvantage of negotiating in an unfriendly climate...
Sure enough, I could only complete 20 of 110 on the speed tests. But to my credit they were all correct. As we walked down to the second floor's commander I began to suspect that my effort didn't impress Captain Johnston. The second floor commander was more cheerful but then he had a window open...
...give the Soviet submarines a healthy respect for the capabilities of the U.S. Navy's ASW (Antisubmarine Warfare) forces. In a duel reminiscent of the fictional shoot-out in The Bedford Incident, a U.S. destroyer locks on the enemy boat and tracks his every move. Sometimes, to impress on the Soviets the futility of their plight, an American skipper will play The Volga Boatmen over and over again on his destroyer's underwater sound system until the ears of the Russian sonar operator are numbed by the noise and the Soviet sub is finally forced to surface...