Word: confrontation
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...these three schools are now facing the same problems of educational and physical change which confront the rest of the University...
...Russian troops in the Middle East war was "unthinkable"'; he added afterwards that any Russian move against Austria would be considered by the U.S. as "a grave threat to peace." Meanwhile he worked patiently to repair the physical and moral basis of the Western alliance, so as to confront the probing Russians with a united Western front. In a decisive speech on the crisis from the White House (see page 29), Eisenhower proclaimed to all sides: "There can be no peace without...
...victory without obstacles. Candidate Eisenhower had to come back from a heart attack and prove to himself and the people that he was again well enough to assume the full burdens of the presidency. Then he had to confront another opponent in the form of an ailment that few Americans could identify or spell - ileitis. But he defeated both, and his health was never an important issue in the campaign. One big reason: everywhere he went, the people saw a picture of good, vigorous, glowing health...
While their diplomats delayed, the British and French continued the fighting hoping to confront the U.N. with a result it could not undo. Then the Soviet Union moved in massively. Moscow proposed that the U.S. and Russia jointly send forces to police the Suez area. This was "unthinkable" to the U.S.-and to others as well. Summoned (this time by Russia) into their fourth night emergency session in a row, the U.N. Security Council refused to consider the plan. Even rejected, however, the Soviet move added to the danger. Only a few hours later, the Egyptians were inviting "volunteers...
...heavily in favor of moral and ideological considerations that we must. We have emphasized the ideological factor in the power equation because the requisite information about the associated strategic risks is of course classified. Since the risk of precipitating a Third World War is implicit in any decision to confront Russian military power, such a policy must be adopted only after the risk of a Third World War has been minimized in so far as possible...