Word: commitment
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...group consists mainly of pacifists," Drake said, "but as a group it man it decided whether to commit itself to pacifism, or just support other projects conducive to peace." He did not disclose what these projects might...
Louisiana's Republicans also made some news last week. In New Orleans, pro-Eisenhower candidates came out ahead in 14 of 24 contests for the Republican Parish Executive Committee and won ten out of 56 seats on the State Central Commit tee. Neither of these bodies chooses delegates to the national convention, but the returns did seem to indicate a dent in the ironclad control exercised by pro-Taft National Committeeman John E. Jackson. On the basis of last week's result, Jackson's rival, John Minor Wisdom, said that half the state's 15 delegates...
Vishinsky's words sounded uncomfortably like the noises the Communists made 18 months ago to mask their aggression against South Korea: the Reds characteristically accuse the other side of a crime they themselves are about to commit...
...Swedish way of life does peculiar things to the human spirit. Stockholm is a city without tragedy; its absence is as striking as excessive silence. One begins to wonder whether the people in this clean, prosperous, well-ordered place ever feel violent emotions or commit violent acts...
...salary computed every month, based on earnings. Once, when Ross was explaining things to a new managing editor, he said, "I am surrounded by idiots and children." At that point, a copy boy burst in, shouting: "Mr. Thurber is standing on a ledge outside the window and threatening to commit suicide." (Actually, Thurber was merely sitting on the ledge to get a whiff of fresh air.) Ross turned to the editor. "See?" he said...