Word: pull
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...florid oratorical style, ominously reminiscent of the embarrassingly overwrought tirade that Tennessee's Governor Clement gushed forth in 1956 ("How long, oh how long, America?"). Perhaps as a hint of things to come. Church last week managed to pack two cliches into a single sentence. He intended to "pull no punches" in his keynote speech, he vowed, but there would be no "hitting below the belt...
...Visage. Leaving Lisbon the next day, the President seemed rested, and smiled frequently, but there was a gravity in his face that seemed to pull each smile back into a lined, discouraged expression. He bade farewell to Tomas and Salazar, turned to climb the ramp into his plane. Then, as if suddenly aware that he was headed home, he stopped after three steps; his face sagged, and he stood still for a full four seconds. Then, with an effort, he pulled his shoulders back, and turning to face the airport crowds, he grinned and clasped his hands together overhead...
...politics. His humiliation of President Eisenhower was something that no American could tolerate, and Washington's first instinctive, shocked reaction was to unite behind the President. Like good coxswains, House Speaker Sam Rayburn and Senate Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson did what they could to get the Democrats to pull together with the Administration. Mister Sam clamped an iron rule of silence on one-minute opening speeches, traditional sounding board in the House, and in the Senate Johnson led the rally...
...final result of Nikita Khrushchev's brutal behavior at the summit conference was to pull the Western alliance together. There were other side effects. Charles de Gaulle earned Ike's heartfelt gratitude by supporting him every step of the way and by presiding with majestic confidence over the disjointed summit sessions; thus De Gaulle achieved the "tripartite directorship" of NATO that has been one of his goals since he took power in 1958. Britain and the Continent felt drawn closer together, too; under the cold draft from the East, the bickering about the Common Market suddenly seemed petty...
...forces in West Berlin." But for all his fury, his threats had qualifications-the kind of man who gets carried away, Khrushchev also is capable of the controlled tantrum. "When we do this is our business. When we deem it necessary, we won't hesitate. We'll pull the pen from our pock et, for the drafts are all ready, and sit down and sign and then announce...