Word: commit
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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That was as far as the President would go to dictate the choice of his possible successor. Pressed to commit himself to Nixon-or to comment on other well-qualified Republicans-Ike dug his heels in. Said he firmly: "I have said that I would not express a preference. I have . . . said [Nixon] is perfectly acceptable to me, as he was in 1952. But I am not going beyond that." Beyond that he hardly needed...
These words may become part of both the Republican and Democratic platforms if a bipartisan appeal from "The Commit tee of One Million Against the Admission of Communist China to the United Nations" is successful. A letter sent to the organiza tion's members explains the drive: "If our allies are permitted to miscalculate, and vote admission of Red China to the U.N., such action could lead to the gravest con sequences . . . The conventions can prove to the world the universality and solid ity of the American people's opposition through the inclusion of identical planks...
Plugs & Pressures. Chary as he was of words that might commit him, Nehru was as usual generous with advice. In Bonn he urged his West German hosts to seek reunification of Germany by "peaceful negotiations." In a speech before the German Foreign Policy Association at Königswinter he put in a vague plug for liberation of Russia's East European satellites ("They are, of course, under a certain domination . . . and I certainly believe they should be free") and a firm one for Red China's admission to the U.N. ("What is the good of calling...
...taste. Of the more than 600 young composers whose works the staff has reviewed, only 56 have received grants. "There is a lot of just good stuff; we are looking for art," explains Fromm. Although the initial awards are modest ($350 to $1,000), the foundation is prepared to "commit" itself to a composer for several years, i.e., to stay with him until he has achieved the reputation that will enable him to go on to bigger stipends from bigger foundations or stand alone. Beyond providing cash awards, the foundation arranges public performances of its composers' works, has them...
...Agreed, in a Senate-House conference, to split the difference between the mutual-security bills and allow the Administration to spend or commit $4,014,000,000 (it had asked for $4.9 billion) on the foreign-aid programs this year...