Word: answering
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...overriding question facing mid-20th century America, said Nixon, is simply that of "the survival of our civilization." What is the immediate answer to that question? Clearly, the policy that "retreat before aggression can only make war inevitable"-a policy followed both by the Republican Eisenhower Administration and by the Democratic 86th Congress ("I specifically want to pay tribute to members of the Democratic Party in the Congress for putting statesmanship above partisanship...
Under the Statute. "Is this one of those things that men can think about but cannot get?" Answering his own question, Nixon invoked the words of the late U.S. Senator Robert Taft: "I do not see how we can hope to secure permanent peace in the world except by establishing law between nations and equal justice under law." The process would need no sweeping new charter said Nixon; the International Court of Justice is already established at The Hague and needs only to be used to be effective. "It would be foolish to suppose that litigation before the court...
Pressed Arkansas' Lawyer John McClellan: Did Stewart agree in the school decision with the court's reasoning and philosophy? Stewart paused to choose words. "If I give a simple yes or no answer it would not only disqualify my participation in pending cases and heaven only knows how many future cases, but it seems to me it would involve a serious problem of simple judicial ethics . . . Let me say this so there will be no misunderstanding. I would not like you to vote for me because I am for overturning that decision, because I am not. I have...
There was no answer and there needed be none. The city council, in silly season, had its headlines. And it was more fun than dealing with New York City's more mundane problems, from raising revenue (for a $2 billion budget) to doing something about its raddled, potholed street paving...
...answer: yes, der Alte would consider the presidency himself. Other deputies were stunned. Said Mrs. Helene Weber, an old Adenauer friend: "Nonsense. I think I'm going to faint." But when the meeting resumed, the 62 delegates unanimously nominated Adenauer, and then one by one walked up to shake his hand...