Word: accomplishments
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Douglas also had another argument against the McCarran bill. He argued: the McCarran "blunderbuss" would not accomplish what it set out to do. What was to prevent Communist groups from changing their names as often as they were cited, from arguing their cases interminably through the courts? He argued that the bill would merely drive the Communists underground and out of sight; it was better to keep them in sight. The fact was, the McCarran bill would probably drive the Reds underground. But that was its chief usefulness. The reiterated Communist threat to go underground is political blackmail; there never...
Jordan cannot hope to accomplish any miracles between now and December. He inherits a group which is inexperienced (15 members of the tentative 37-man varsity squad are sophomores, 12 are lettermen), which is seriously lacking in depth, and which Jordan claims is very weak in fundamentals and basic football knowledge...
...Through our members we hope to spread the word of our new activity and in time accomplish a forceful organization of men who will enjoy as an active hobby getting in touch with their local schoolboy athletes, helping them know of Harvard's interest in them, get them to come to Harvard, follow their progress at Harvard and take a 'fatherly' pride in having done well by the boy and by Harvard...
...this time, a more than usually friendly battlewagon officer said to the bold young pilot: "Raddy, you guys are crazy to fly those airplanes like that. You're going to kill yourself one day with an engine failure." Raddy replied: "Look, sir, if we're going to accomplish anything in naval aviation, we can't reckon on engine failure. We have to think of these planes as being good enough to stay...
...military power hostile to the U.S. may either counterbalance or overshadow the strategic importance of the central and southern flank of the U.S. frontline positions. Formosa in the hands of such a hostile power could be com pared to an unsinkable aircraft carrier and submarine tender, ideally located to accomplish offensive strategy, and at the same time checkmate defensive or counteroffensive operations by friendly forces based on Okinawa and the Philippines...