Word: achesonism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Korth will be succeeded by Assistant Secretary of Defense Paul Nitze, 56, a handsome veteran of 15 years in Government jobs, including that of Director of Policy Planning for former Secretary of State Dean Acheson. Nitze is likely to find the Navy job about as rough as Korth did. Commented one unimpressed admiral last week: "The Navy is getting ready to receive one of the biggest brains in town-I suppose it will be a stimulating experience for both him and us." But Nitze, it is assumed, is bright enough to use private stationery for private business correspondence...
...officers recognized that the continuing revolution in weapon design, coupled with the Soviets' fanatic penchant for secrecy, had put the U.S. at a dangerous disadvantage. The U.S. was starved for intelligence information. The most obvious solution was high-altitude air surveillance. President Truman and Secretary of State Dean Acheson both agreed that such air reconnaissance was desirable-but they were unwilling to pursue such a project for fear of the results if a spy plane were shot down...
Harrison alone deserves the laurel. He makes a charming and surprisingly impressive Caesar-though some may doubt that the most prodigious public energy in human history can be portrayed as the Acheson of antiquity...
Leverett: Nicholas H. Acheson, Stuart D. Anderson, Andrew W. DeShong, 3rd, Stephen B. Farber, Jeffrey B. Gordon, Alan L. Kostinsky, John D. Leubsdorf, Zacchaeus O. Okurounmu, Michael A. Roberts, Joseph J. G. Scanio...
Former Secretary of State Dean Acheson, who visited with Griswold just yesterday, described his life as "a happy one, as the Greeks thought of happiness, for he exercised his powers to the full, achieving excellence in an environment affording him scope...