Word: dangerously
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Ignored Danger. Where Kennedy left off. President Eisenhower himself took up in an open letter to California's Bill Knowland, the Senate minority leader: "We cannot wage peace with American arms alone. The pending [Russell] amendment ignores the danger of subversion. This we must not do. These nations need effective security forces, [and improved] economic conditions ... It is hardly reasonable to insist that these funds ... be spent only for programs approved [by Congress] before such drastic changes occurred...
...discussed the future of U.S. bases in the country, U.S. economic aid, etc., Nixon got the Sultan's approval for the Eisenhower Doctrine, in turn assured Mohammed that the U.S. would soon help him with his economic problems. As for strategic air bases, the U.S. was in "no danger" that they would be lost...
Speaking as the Assembly resumed debate on the Middle East situation, Lodge pledged U.S. support "to assure that what has now been achieved will be used as a foundation on which to build a good future for the people of the Near East free from danger of conflict...
...middle-distance freestyle, however, the varsity is in danger of being lapped. Anderson tied a Yale record in the 220 with a 2:05.5 clocking last Wednesday, and reportedly has gotten down to a phenomenal 2:02.7 in practice. Jecko, a member of the Olympic 800-meter relay team, is just behind him, but will probably be saved for other events...
...real danger in following the primary recommendation is that such an action would tend to make a dead end of the Civil Service. To deny highly trained and experienced career men the opportunity to make and defend policy decisions would be foolish. No man will devote his time and money to training for the civil service if he knows that he can never reach a position of real responsibility. To restrict policy-making to political appointees would automatically remove the incentive which motivates capable men and women to spend years working their way up through the lower echelons...