Word: white
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...didn't, but I don't believe I have. I do say this ..."), he has been vastly successful in making himself understood. His warm grin is known around the earth, but in private his temper can flare with crackling, barracks-room fluency. He seems boundlessly friendly and outgiving, but White House insiders have long since grown used to having him pass in the halls without a nod or a word. He has seen and been seen by more crowds than any other man of his time, but in fact he dislikes crowds and is uncomfortable with them...
...worked closely with Republican congressional leaders, and used his veto and the threat of his veto against lolly-gagging money bills. At year's end a balanced budget was in jeopardy, only because of the steel strike. Eisenhower had performed the political miracle of making economy popular. Grinned a White House staffer: "When those Congressmen come back in January, they're going to be so anxious to find something to cut that they'll cut their own wrists if necessary...
...bejeweled cream of Boston, Philadelphia and Palm Beach society. They promenaded-past 35 car parkers, 16 security men and a formally attired plumber and electrician-through the heavily screened men's locker room into the reception room, where 18-year-old Charlotte, blooming in her Yves St. Laurent (white strapless) exclusive, waited with her parents, her Sister Anne, 16, and her kid Brother Edsel. 11. "Daddy," nagged Edsel, "Will they play When the Saints go Marching In?" Henry Ford II hardly cared, kept calling "Mack the Knife" to nobody in particular, and laughed heartily...