Word: remarking
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...highly fond of retiring Secretary Thomas Gates, sighed at the thought of educating the fourth Secretary in eight years, and some recalled the memory of the lackluster regime (1953-57) of another automan, General Motors ex-President "Engine Charlie" Wilson. (In an echo of Wilson's oft-quoted remark, a newsman asked McNamara: "Do you believe that what's good for Ford is good for the country?" Replied McNamara: "I shall act in the interest of the country. That is all I will say on the subject...
Armed with his rare education, Abubakar returned to the windswept Bauchi Plateau and settled down on the staff of a Boys Middle School; he was a born teacher, and might have spent his life there except for a chance remark by a friend, who said that no northern Nigerian had ever passed the examination for a Senior Teacher's Certificate. Piqued by this reflection on northern intelligence, Abubakar took the exam and, to the astonishment of southern colleagues, passed it with ease. Impressed, London University's Institute of Education granted him a scholarship...
Inspired by Senator Barry Goldwater's remark that "where fraternities are not allowed, communism flourishes," a group of students has organized lots Beta Phi to combat leftist tendencies at Harvard...
...have called upon him, and the fact that he wanted to come here, I think, is an excellent example of how our American system works." Nixon took pains to say that he and Kennedy agreed on "the proper role of an opposition party and of an opposition leader"-a remark that was interpreted as 1) an indication that he would accept no job in the Kennedy Administration, and 2) notice to any wondering Republicans that he frankly intends to be the G.O.P. leader...
...agony of indecision. Last week Sylvia was working ahead in preparation for a planned vacation with Sumner. But even vacations are no particular rest. On a brief winter idyl in the Bahamas, sunning herself near a Detroit executive who did not recognize her, Sylvia picked up a chance remark about an impending Ford stock sale that made front pages all over...