Word: answering
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...first decisions announced by Defense Secretary Neil McElroy when he took over from Wilson a fortnight ago was a postponement of the final decision. The committee had reported that it needed data from additional test firings of each missile to come up with a sound answer (each has been fired about half a dozen times so far). Cost of an IRBM test firing...
...orbit of Jean-Paul Sartre. During the German occupation Camus fired the morale of the underground with eloquent pieces in his clandestine Combat. After the war he personified, with Sartre, the "engaged" writer, an active intellectual always ready to slide down the bell rope of the ivory tower and answer the fire alarms of left-wing social and economic causes. The two friends split irrevocably in 1952 over Communist ideology, with Camus holding that ends never justify means ("For a faraway city of which I am not sure, I will not strike the faces of my brothers"). Since that time...
Bigger Crooks. The voters are cynical about both major parties. On one radio show, one Liberal supporter was asked why she was voting for Yulo. "Because," came the disconcerting answer, "I have come to the conclusion that the Nacionalistas are now even bigger crooks than the Liberals...
...troop to the polls. His trip might be halted by party workers passing out "peso sandwiches"−a couple of crisp bills pressed between two sample ballots. His vote may or may not be counted. As of this week, there was no indication that he would get a proper answer to the question he asked when his beloved Ramon Magsaysay died. The question was and is: "Who will take care...
...spells its name with a big "D." Later, the emissaries from still more temples of luxury arrived−Chris-tolfe (silver), Baccarat (crystal), Fare (gloves). Altogether, some 120 top French business executives made the pilgrimage along with Cover Girl Marie-Hélène Arnaux, France's answer to U.S. Model Suzy Parker. Dallas was frankly overwhelmed. Oohed one Southern Methodist University coed: "Gee. I hardly know what's going on. We've only had three weeks of French...