Word: remarkably
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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High Navy brass found out the truth of a remark that former Treasury Secretary Humphrey once made about Anderson: "Don't be misled about him just because he doesn't shout and pound the table the way I do. He can be firm as a rock." Shortly after he took over as boss of the Navy, Anderson overruled a promotion board's decision to pass over abrasive Captain Hyman Rickover, nuclear submarine pioneer, for the second and final time (two failures to win promotion to rear admiral meant automatic retirement). Determined to keep Rickover in the Navy...
...Deknatel has pointed out, a lot of what the Faculty wife does depends upon what she has to do at home, rather than on her husband's position, and this was echoed by Mrs. Bundy's remark about "maintenance." With four small children, not all yet of school age, a good proportion of Mrs. Bundy's time is devoted to raising children and keeping house. In addition, however, Mrs. Bundy has found time to get over to the Radcliffe library to study Spanish in preparation for a trip to South America which she and her husband will be making...
...quoted remark, a transfer student from Smith made a perceptive comparison between the two schools: "Smith is academically stimulating," she said, "but Sarah Lawrence is intellectually more exciting." Whatever validity this comment has is a result of the college's attempt to interest its students in broad ideas rather than in narrow course material...
...large degree it is set aside every Monday to await its Friday renaissance. Speaking of the casual, often Bohemian, weekday dress, one junior jokingly commented, "At Sarah Lawrence, if you're ugly, it's because you choose to be, and this is your mark of individuality." Her remark was a reflection both on the Sarah Lawrence reputation for good looking girls and on the unconcern for social affairs during the week. It also reflects the respect for individualism felt by the student body, and the suspicion that this individualism has to a large extent been attained by the girls...
...Britain's Harold Macmillan, then British representative at General Eisenhower's North African headquarters, wound up a policy discussion with France's Charles de Gaulle with the exasperated statement: "General, you are a most impossible man to deal with." Macmillan was not heard to repeat the remark last week, but the sentiment may well have crossed his mind. For last week, all by himself, Charles de Gaulle seemed to have succeeded in postponing summit talks, perhaps until next spring...