Word: squeamishness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...value of such a confession to the enemy, I have seen no proof that it cost us any lives, or friends . . . After all, we were the first and, so far, the only nation to drop atom bombs on civilians, so we shouldn't be too squeamish about being charged with germ warfare...
...pack is a qualitative difference. CBS's new The Man Behind the Badge, which borrows techniques both from Dragnet and The Big Story, may develop into a close rival. Badge skillfully adds a dash of sex to its sadism, and makes the dose palatable to the squeamish with a high-sounding dedication to such unsung public servants as probation officers, women wardens, youth counselors and tracers of missing persons...
...nominate Senator Joseph R. McCarthy . . . Only the most squeamish would quarrel with his tactics...
...contact and put one of his Russian operators on to May. What the Russians wanted most at this stage was information about uranium and atomic energy, and May gave it to them. In accordance with Russian espionage practice, Zabotin's man insisted on paying May, despite his squeamish objections, for his information. The fee: a bottle of whisky and at least $700. In the records of the Russian intelligence, Dr. May became known by the code name "Alek...
...Volendam, formerly an all-student liner, with the S. S. Grote Beer and the S. S. Zuiderkrus, which sail from New York on June 30 and July 5 and from Rotterdam, September 3 and 4. Cabin space sells for $360 per round trip, while the less squeamish can obtain dormitory banking for $200. Since the pleasantly tarnished reputation of the Volendam is universal, accommodations will be hard to find. An attempt can be made, however, by writing to the Netherlands Office for Foreign Students Relations, 48 West 48 St., New York...