Word: hitherto
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...rescue squad arriving barely in time. The international monetary system was like a man who falls off a cliff and lands on a tree on the way down-bruised and shaken, but alive and susceptible to recovery. More auspiciously, the bankers' decision gave new urgency to the hitherto torpid efforts to turn the creaking system of international exchange into something better fit for today's world...
...sign on one of the freshman dorms in the Yard read "RFK for President--McCarthy for Sec. of State." Silly as it was, it indicated a number of things. First, most of the students who are against the war and have hitherto supported McCarthy will now flock to the sure winner, the only man who can get us out of the mess. Second, it showed that we have come to realize how important the office of Secretary of State is, that it dwarfs the Vice-presidency. And third, it revealed a naivete about what things will be like once Bobby...
...Seasons. The quiz afforded ample evidence that there is a broad and hitherto little-appreciated streak of steel in the man, just as his showing in New Hampshire called to mind the usually overlooked fact that in 20 years of electoral politics he has not yet lost a race. All of his previous contests, however, have been waged in his native Minnesota...
...Smith regime was a de facto government. British Prime Minister Harold Wilson's Labor government thereupon asked the Queen to intercede, but her plea was rejected by the Rhodesian high court. "Her Majesty is quite powerless in this matter," said Rhodesian Chief Justice Sir Hugh Beadle, who had hitherto been known as a "Queen's man" for arguing that Rhodesia must maintain residual links with the Crown...
That is the script's main-and almost only-joke. As the story's central character, Actor Segal shows flashes of a comic talent hitherto unexplored by Hollywood. But what picture there is for stealing is burgled by Wiseman with his portrayal of a stereotypical literateur. As lofty as Edmund Wilson, he pronounces Jehovah-like judgments on literature and humanity, while for his livelihood, he caters to audiences of culture-ridden housewives who beg, "Please, my Debbie wanted me to ask you about Philip Roth...