Word: thunderclaps
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...Brummell in his teens became the friend of the fat, feckless Prince of Wales. By dressing with unheard-of care and severity-he used only two colors, blue for his coat and buff for his waistcoat and trousers-and by developing a haughty silence that could strike like a thunderclap, Brummell made himself the embodiment of bon ton in London society. From 1800 until he fled England to escape creditors in 1816, "his dictates were obeyed in all the great issues of existence: the curve of a brim, the blend of a snuff, the turn of a phrase, the ways...
...America-got his warm endorsement and a reminder that the U.S. is doing its part. Touching on the subject closest to his heart-world peace-President Eisenhower brought the Deputies to their feet with a thunderclap of applause. "War is now utterly preposterous," he said. "In nearly every generation the fields of earth have been stained with blood. Now, war would not yield blood-only a great emptiness for the combatants and the threat of death from the skies for all who inhabit the earth. To strive ceaselessly, honestly and effectively for peace is today the responsibility of every statesman...