Word: correctible
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Sometimes White House newsmen got annoyed with Pierre's ways, thought he was considerably less than fastidious with facts. But by and large they came to admire him as a real pro, one who was calm, cool and correct in moments of real emergency, such as the Cuba missile crisis...
Partisan View. The book is clearly partisan, and Strode, who is emeritus professor of English at the University of Alabama, frankly admits that he is presenting "the Southern viewpoint." He obviously believes that Davis was correct in his fundamentalist reading of the Constitution, that the South was justified in seceding, and that the Civil War was a close parallel to the American Revolution, in that it, too, was a war for independence. His references to slaves almost invariably mention their great loyalty and contentment. This, the third and last volume, bears the title Jefferson Davis: Tragic Hero, and Strode writes...
...your cover story about Charles Percy [Sept. 18], you say: "Into the race swept State Treasurer William Scott. 37, a strong Goldwater supporter, who accused Percy of everything, from being in cahoots with Chicago mobsters to being soft on Communism." I would appreciate it if you would correct this false charge...
...believe, quite correct in concluding that, in the event of nuclear war, it is the Government's responsibility to take appropriate preventive steps to reduce the death toll. There are prudent steps that our country can take to significantly improve our chances for survival. At the present time H.R. 8200, popularly known as the "Shelter-Incentive bill," is lying dormant in a Senate committee. The President, with the prestige and influence of his office, could make his current remarks much more credible by recommending immediate action...
Then Nixon laid into what he called the 1964 campaign's "subject A"-peace. "This," he said, "is an issue where we are on the defensive. The argument is Goldwater increases the chances of war. If that charge is correct, we deserve to lose. But just the opposite is true. Goldwater, because he is for strong, firm policies, is for peace." Nixon called the nuclear-control controversy a "false issue," said that Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy and Johnson had already set up procedures by which the NATO commander had emergency authority to use some nuclear weapons. Cried Nixon: "The real...