Word: impressive
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...them, the key criterion by which to judge a U.S. President is: Where does he stand in the Sino-Soviet dispute? While Carter's advocacy of a tougher policy toward Moscow clearly pleases the Chinese, they know almost nothing else about him. Ford apparently has failed to impress them, and Peking accuses him of having a "Munich mentality." Translation: Ford has been too concerned about improving U.S. relations with Moscow...
Italian Americans, after he cracked in 1974 that the Pope should not oppose birth-control programs because "he no playa da game, he no make-a da rules." But when he tried to impress John Dean and Pat Boone, it was Earl's last laugh...
...prints impress: Emil Nolde, in particular, unfailingly achieves those surprising effects in the medium which prove a master. His three boat prints capture the slap of water in pitching black and white blocks and swirls; his Danish girl amazes with the sensuality of her red hair, rendered in what is merely a mass of scratches...
...early months of Carter's quest for the presidency last year, Powell again was the only aide traveling with him, briefing reporters and still acting as gofer. Powell soon began to impress the national press corps with his authoritative access to the candidate and his relentless energy. When Harper's last winter was about to depict Carter as a liar, Powell rushed out a 22-page response that did not convince all reporters but certainly reached most of them before their copy of Harper...
Kramer and Roberts are at their best when describing the way in which Rockefeller made New York work for him, his forte. The reader senses in their attitude towards him a cynicism bordering on awe, at his ability to terrify, dispence patronage, impress, and when necessary, buy outright, whatever and whomever he wanted in the state. Strangely, it was these very qualities that prevented him from getting the only thing he really wanted. Given the changing character of the Republican Party, winning it would have required a humility and sensitivity that it is perhaps unreasonable to expect from a Rockefeller...