Word: asking
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...news of Sputnik II rattled over the wires and official Washington, as though by previously stenciled orders, reacted as though it had been socked by nothing more than a soggy sponge; e.g., Pentagon sources were careful to say that McElroy had not even called his personal aides to ask about the air-conditioned moon. "It surely is not surprising to anyone in the government," McElroy told reporters in Cincinnati. "We are already in a pressure program. Our program is in very good shape right...
Promising Dream. Haynes persuaded Maine's Senator Margaret Chase Smith to ask the First Lady if she would accept a promotional beaver coat from the Maine trappers. Mamie declined, but her refusal did not quite discourage Haynes. He explained: "Last March I had a dream. I could see Mrs. Eisenhower very clearly. I heard her say, 'I have reversed my decision. I will accept the coat...
...readily ask, should Exeter be the breeder of these feelings? Why are not other well-prepared students equally intent on asserting their superiority? Although there is no pat answer to this question, two factors may help explain the pattern...
...What is the West? Who but an editor would ask such a question? Who but a genius could answer it?" begins Walter Prescott Webb's introductory essay to this collection compiled by the Chicago Corral of Westerners. Webb, the most distinguished scholar to appear in the book, hardly provides the answer to the question...
FEDERAL BUILDING BOOM is about to start. Government has finally lifted 4% ceiling on interest it will pay to build post offices, federal courthouses and other U.S. Government structures on a ten-to-25-year lease-purchase plan, soon will ask for bids on ten structures from Albuquerque to Abingdon, Va. If bids are encouraging, Government will offer 30 more projects in December...