Word: achesons
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...uncertainty and negation were over. Last week, in the most important speech he has made since he took office, Secretary of State Acheson said firmly that the U.S. was intending no new appeal to Russia- and explained why. In doing so,Acheson sought to quiet those Americans who wanted some kind of spectacular new approach to the Kremlin. Just as emphatically, he rejected Russian hints that it might be possible to divide the world peacefully into two spheres. The U.S., said Acheson, was willing to "coexist" with the Communists-to use the current Soviet phrase for it-but only...
Even as the four-engined Sacred Cow roared bumpily westward from Washington, Dean Acheson was mulling over the lines of his speech so that no phrase would be lost in rough-edged delivery. In the ornate presidential suite of San Francisco's St. Francis Hotel, he was at it again, reading it over to his aides, experimenting with tricks of rephrasing and deciding precisely where an upsweep of his spectacles-case would lend the best visual punctuation. The Secretary of State wanted no misunderstandings of what...
McCarthy noted that the professor once represented Secretary of State Dean Acheson on the United Nations Economic and Social Council. Shapley on February 12 declared that he had, "never held a State Department position...
...months ago loud caterwauling over the Saar arose on both sides of the Rhine: the French were reported ready to take formal, long-term control of the Saar mines. U.S. Secretary of State Dean Acheson quieted the uproar with what seemed to be a confident announcement. The Saar question could not be settled by France alone, it had to wait on an allied peace treaty with Germany...
...Work for Niagara In his deliberate backhand,Secretary of State Dean Acheson put his name to a six-page treaty. Then Canada's Ambassador H. Hume Wrong added his signature. Thus, in a matter of moments last week, the two nations agreed to embark on the biggest international hydroelectric power project in history. When completed, the power of Niagara Falls, much of it now wasted, will be almost completely harnessed to supply both countries with nearly six times as much energy as huge Hoover Dam generates; none of Niagara's scenic beauty will be spoiled...