Word: impromptue
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...year of maneuvering, Washington has not yet confronted the kind of test that he now faces in New York. But Washington's dealings with a dilatory and troublesome Congress, his choice of subordinates and his efforts to turn an impromptu band of ragged Yankee individualists into a modern 18th century army have shown him to be an impressive leader. His personality matches boldness to patience, an iron will to supple diplomacy, high vision to concern for lowly detail...
...little tune about the melancholy restrictions of heaven. It seems that in paradise, Grandma and Grandpa are not permit ted to work, and they are chafing under such unseemly leisure. The kids are sympathetic, but continue their search for the Blue Bird. Grandma and Grandpa then lapse into an impromptu imitation of all prospective audiences for this film by going on the nod again...
...reason is that India, with a bumper crop of 114 million tons of grain last year, wants to stockpile 15 million tons against possible bad times ahead. The size of the crop far outruns the country's storage capacity; much of the grain has been piled up in impromptu warehouses, like unused college buildings, where the rats are having a field day. Hence the need for more snakes. Curiously, both animals are considered sacred-and thus inviolable in some regions. Even though India has conducted antirat campaigns from at least 1881 onward, lingering reverence may be one reason...
...toward a table. People stopped him along the way, shaking his hand, wishing him well. He was the center of attention and, as always, it pleased him. When he finally sat down, his host, Publisher Jerry Finkelstein, an influential local Democrat, leaned over and commented on this impromptu reception, telling Humphrey that he is by far the most popular Democrat in the state. "I made one mistake, Jerry," Humphrey said in a candid response. "I should have entered this primary. New York is where I could have shown my strength...
...Middle East. Perhaps oversensitively, the Israeli government decided that Scranton's remark implied formal U.S. acceptance of the Palestine Liberation Organization, and it ordered Ambassador Simcha Dinitz to protest to Kissinger. The Secretary of State, embarrassed about Scranton's friendliness, described the ambassador's impromptu invitation as "an unfortunate formulation...