Word: considerable
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Perfect record or no, the President did not consider signing the bill, which still contained down payments to start 67 new civil-works construction projects not in the budget (eventual cost: $800 million) that he had objected to the first time. The only congressional change: a 2½% across-the...
"It was my lot to reach quite young what many people consider the dream life of America: success by my own efforts, a stream of dollars to spend, a penthouse in New York, forays to Hollywood, the companionship of pretty women, all before I was 24 ... There I was in...
Opening the Door. For his fight to balance the budget. President Eisenhower had a new team working with him. To help him formulate policy, there was Treasury Secretary Anderson, a strong man who, unlike Humphrey, would not consider undercutting the President's program. To help the President sell his...
It is gratifying to note that one of the important matters which your convention will consider is the concept of world peace through law. Peace cannot prevail until men and nations recognize that their conduct must be governed by respect for and observance of the law.
Where the ministers become the strict ones is in the practical application of church teaching. Most of the ministers agree that it is a sin to waste time (80%), that foreign missionaries should not merely confine themselves to "preaching the Gospel" (more than 70%), and that the U.S. should put...