Word: ballooning
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...Attorney General, was floated to the New York Times four weeks ago, and brought immediate outcries of impropriety. Jack satisfied himself that the objections were serious but not fatal, and withheld Bobby's appointment till the last moment, while the public was told of other choices. Another trial balloon, Bill Fulbright as Secretary of State, was quickly shot down by Negro groups and Northern liberals who feared his tepid segregationist background. Negro Congressman William Dawson, 74, suggested as a possible Postmaster General, was never seriously considered as a candidate despite Dawson's announced refusal...
...lone student holding a balloon picketed President Pusey's house in the rain. On the balloon was written "Repudiate Propaganda in the University," and, underneath, "Hot Air for Balloon Supplied by Hon. Francis Walter...
...Hassan could have called on the U.S. for planes. But the Moroccan government was already in hot water with the country's left-wingers, who were howling that King Mohammed had let American military advisers infiltrate the Moroccan armed services. Accordingly, the prince called in Moscow's balloon-faced Dmitry Pozhidaev, who for weeks had been heavily hinting that Russia wants to aid Morocco "in all spheres." And on the day of the great parade, Moulay Hassan was able to unveil the next best thing to a new air force: a Russian promise to supply Morocco with...
...gold rush that sent prices spiraling to a six-year high on the London market reflected foreign worry about the soundness of the U.S. dollar. It was a short-term rush; last week gold prices plummeted close to the U.S. price of $35 per oz. The gold balloon was deflated by the U.S. Treasury's firm announcement that it 1) has no intention of devaluing the dollar, and 2) is prepared to sell all the gold needed to stabilize the price on the London market...
...avoid a mere travelogue, Lamorisse built his story around a Quixotic professor out to demonstrate that a balloon is the ideal means of transportation. At the last moment, his grandson talks his way aboard. The eventful flight-they follow flocks of exotic birds, drop in on a bullfight-is followed by a supply car on the ground carrying the professor's comic assistant, a Chaplinesque caricature of gadget-addicted modern man, whose wine bottle is hinged within reach and who uses an automatic feeder so that he doesn't have to stop driving. One of Voyage...