Word: offhandedness
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"It's Fun." Ed White, who came along in the second generation of astronauts in 1962, had the warmth and folksiness that Grissom lacked. In fact, when his celebrated space walk on June 3, 1965 put him in the first rank of astronaut heroes, it was as much for...
After proving himself a consummate good-will ambassador during the first month of a seven-week trade-drumming tour of South America, Britain's Prince Philip stumbled into a veritable gaffe-and-a-half at Paraguay's Government House. "It's a pleasant change," offhanded His Royal...
Only when he threw away the script, turned on his famed charm and hand-pumped his way through crowded rooms did Rockefeller make the impression he sought. And in the most careful, subtle way, he limned the first faint outlines of his campaign strategy. Rockefeller, the independent, offhanded (and astute...
He had reasons. One of them was a conclusion any oldtime dealer in Government material could reach if he took the long view: the Goldberg affair was only a small, noisy example of the confusion to come, as surpluses are worked off through private contractors. Another was that the Mead...