Word: conduction
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...past 14 years by Colorado Republican Eugene Millikin. Confined to a wheelchair by arthritis and complications. Millikin, 65, has announced that he will run again. But the G.O.P., facing hard opposition from Brannan, is expected to urge Senator Millikin to withdraw in favor of a candidate who could conduct a more vigorous campaign. A leading choice of the politicos, if Gene Millikin agrees to step down: Texas-born Dan Thornton, cattle rancher and former (1951-54) governor of Colorado...
...Ironic Gauge. George's character was legend when Dwight Eisenhower was a little-known lieutenant colonel, but not until the Eisenhower Administration did George emerge as a national figure in the conduct of foreign affairs. In 1955, when the Democrats took over Congress, Eisenhower urged George to pass up the chairmanship of the Senate Finance Committee and to become, instead, Foreign Relations Chairman. George agreed, became the strong voice of foreign-policy bipartisanship on Capitol Hill (TIME. April 25, 1955). When Ike asked for a free hand in dealing with the Formosa area crisis, George's support produced...
...extent to which I want the word 'business' applied to a trade union." The one-two attack foreshadowed a meeting next month in Washington, where Meany, Dubinsky and other members of the A.F.L.-C.I.O. executive council will gather to take a hard look at the Teamsters' conduct...
...situation in the Four Noble Truths: 1) suffering is universal, 2) the cause of suffering is desire, 3) the cure is the elimination of desire, 4) desire can be eliminated by following the Noble Eightfold Path. The Path: 1) Right knowledge, 2) Right intention, 3) Right speech, 4) Right conduct, 5) Right livelihood, 6) Right effort, 7) Right mindfulness, 8) Right concentration. At the end is nirvana. But Buddha, who talked not at all of God, refused ever to go into details about what is meant by nirvana. His dying words underlined his emphasis on human effort rather than...
...Congress must realize that projects such as dams and roads need a steady flow of funds rather than an unsure, year-to-year allotment. Although the House committee's apparent distrust of the Administration's foreign savoir faire may be well-founded, it is nonetheless harmful to the conduct of international relations and to U.S. prestige...