Word: crucially
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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These are the crucial facts in Eisenhower's victory, for the other votes he garnered were the ones everyone expected him to win. And to whom must we credit these pivotal votes? To Eisenhower, yes, but just as much to the McCarthys, the Jenners, the Kems, and the Cains, who did so much to clothe the GOP and its nominee with the garb of witch-hunting which at first was their own exclusive zoot suit. And, we believe, it was Eisenhower's enthusiastic espousel of the Reds issue which attracted the countless worried Catholic voters, his constant pounding on supposed...
...stalemate. By a 3-1 count, this group thinks Eisenhower can solve the problem better than his opponent. "Of all the issues," Roper wrote, "Korea is clearly Eisenhower's strongest asset." Half the people have misgivings over Communist infiltration at home, and think that it is a crucial problem for the next administration. Of these, most (3-1) think the Republicans can best handle...
Asia presents two crucial problems; what should the United States do to at least neutralize, if not win over, countries that have already gone Communist, and how should it prevent now friendly or wavering nations from succumbing to Russo-Chinese blandishments? There is no separating these problems, and any policy which attacks them piecemeal is ill-fated indeed...
...Crucial, as well, is maximum aid and encouragement to Japan, for as democracy's best advertisement in the Far East, our former enemy can influence many wavering states toward America. The defeat of the Japanese Communists, for instance, made a very large splash in Asiatic puddles. By Japan's example, then, and by Point IV and rigorous collective security assurances, typified by America's stake in Korea, the Stevenson administration can effectively counter the promises and the force of Communism...
...enough to show that this was a despicable speech, or that its author has never uncovered a Communist spy. The problem of "McCarthyism" is more serious, and has been blurred by Presidential campaign blasts. For the crucial domestic issues are not which pressure group will milk the Government driest, or how many tax collectors will get fired. The real issue is whether we can hold onto that handful of political and civil freedoms which make our system worth preserving...