Word: agee
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...heart by digging up $30,000 for Democratic campaign coffers) that "the Democratic Party is the best friend American business has." The New Deal, he went on, "made America safe for capitalism [and] made capitalism safe for America." But the Eisenhower Administration cannot meet the challenges of the dawning age of abundance because it "cannot command the confidence of all the groups in our diverse society...
...appealed for "protection from hunger." While shooting was going on in one street, people queued for bread in another. Leaflets appeared. They reiterated the 16 demands, signed by "the new Provisional Revolutionary Hungarian Government and National Committee of Defense." Rebel troops now wore red, white and green armbands. Teen-age girl revolutionaries joined in skirmishes...
...obtain a "fair share" of grant-in-aid funds for highways and schools in a state that is traditionally short-changed in government spending. Furcolo has also proposed the establishment of a network of regional colleges, a state scholarship program, a new medical and dental college, increased old age assistance, and a stronger state program for mental hospitals...
Ever since the discovery of the atomic bomb, the world has lived in an increasing fear of the devastation which could result from an atomic war or the hazards introduced by testing programs. America is in a position to take the first step away from this age of uneasiness. Considerations arising from fear, which appear to hinder the United States, are trivial in comparison with the contribution which this country can and should make towards a peaceful world...
With the passing of Quincy, the presidency fell into a rut, from which it was only rescued when the genius of Eliot transformed a respectable university into a great one. But in this period, which Morison calls the Age of Transition, there were many fore-shadowings of later Eliot reforms...