Word: thoughtfulness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Rockefeller responded in kind to the warm welcome of young (37) Governor Mark O. Hatfield, who, he said, would make a "wonderful" Vice President. And his feinting attacks moved closer to Dick Nixon. Following a speech at the University of Oregon, in Eugene, a student asked Rockefeller if he thought Nixon could get enough Democratic and independent support to win the presidency. Rocky, for the first time, expressed some oblique doubts. "I wouldn't know the answer to that," he solemnly told his 8,500 listeners...
...given 25 shares of Bank of America stock, worth $1,200, with annual dividends running to $80 or more. Said Joseph: "We felt that giving them stock, so they would get a dividend check every quarter, would put joy in everyone's heart." Argued Victor: "Then we thought that because of America's trouble with Russia . . . this might be a pretty good move. Because if Italy went Communist, the whole of Africa would be open to Russia." He added: "If these people hang onto their stock, it will be worth a lot of money someday...
When Labor Secretary James P. Mitchell promised last April to eat his hat on the steps of the Labor Department if unemployment did not drop below 3,000,000 in October, he thought he was making a sure bet. But last week the Labor Department announced that although employment was higher than in any previous October-66,831 000-unemployment stood at 3,272,000. Just before the figures wene officially announced, Mitchell appeared on the Department of Labor steps to keep his part of the bargain-or almost. Said Mitchell: "I am off by several hundred thousand entirely...
...packet of poems and no money. For two months he wandered to the Northwest, trading poems and talk for food, announcing to startled householders that "I am the sole active member of the ancient brotherhood of the troubadours." Back in Springfield, townspeople snickered; later he was to say, "People thought I fought for fame, but I only fought my way through from being the town fool and the family idiot.'' It was a long fight; Lindsay was 33 when Harriet Monroe printed General Booth (with its parenthetical instructions for bass drum, banjo and flute accompaniment) in her Poetry...
...thought it was all right?" said Dr. Splint. From where he sat, Vag could see Dr. Splint begin to write "non-aggressive" on a memo...