Word: chief
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Defense Rivalry. "There are conflicting views in any proposal that humans make . . . Now, you are certainly not going to get [agreement among chiefs of the Armed Forces] who . . . believe that in their service, in their own function, lies the safety of the U.S. Someone has to make the decision. That happens to be the Commander-in-Chief. Now, and I must say this, and I think possibly this is the first time that I have ever violated my own conception of humility and modesty: I think I am more able than any one of those [Pentagon chiefs] ... to make...
...Affirm that a state can use its police powers to prevent "sedition" against the Federal Government, thus erasing the 1956 opinion (TIME, April 16. 1956). written by Chief Justice Earl Warren. that freed Pennsylvania's top Communist Steve Nelson from prosecution under a state antisedition...
Lawyer Peter Campbell Brown, 45, chairman in 1952-53 of the federal Subversive Activities Control Board. Last summer the Brown committee drafted a report blasting the Supreme Court's 1956-58 security decisions so harshly that Chief Justice Warren resigned from the A.B.A. (his resignation became final a fortnight ago). A.B.A. President Ross Malone stressed last week that in adopting the Brown committee's recommendations, the House of Delegates was not okaying its critical report...
...brass-spangled parade ground of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio one day last week, a burly, handsome, four-star general stepped forward to face General Thomas D. White, Air Force Chief of Staff. Moments later, General Edwin W. Rawlings was sporting a new piece of hardware on his chest: a first oakleaf cluster to the Distinguished Service Medal. With this parting gift, Ed Rawlings officially concluded 30 years of extraordinary service to the Air Force, went on his way at a youthful 54 to a civilian job as director and financial vice president of General Mills. Left...
...Chief Obodo's dominion in the district of Abakaliki was as near to absolute as that of a padrone in a Sicilian village. The distant government in the capital city of Lagos hardly interfered. Chief Obodo had his own courts, collected goats and cows from the villagers for tribute, had his own murder squad to enforce his orders. He boasted: "After God comes Chief Obodo." When a contractor who had already begun negotiations discovered that Obodo was interested in the same job, he hurriedly withdrew, sent goats and libations to the chief as peace offerings. Obodo's power...