Word: defendable
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Roosevelt's admirers, perhaps the person most closely attached to the collection was Miss Nora E. Chordingly, its custodian from 1927 until her death three years ago. Miss Cordingly revered Roosevelt's memory and was eager to help anyone interested in him. She was also quick to defend him. Once John Mason Brown, drama critic for the New York Evening Post, wrote an article which seemed to Miss Cordingly to imply she took as an insult to Roosevelt, wore a wig. Stung by what she took as an insult to Roosevelt, she wrote Brown, demanding that he name his authority...
...Senate seats to be filled, 13 are now held by Republicans and 22 by Democrats. With nine fewer seats to defend, the Republicans have a basic arithmetical advantage. But an analysis of each party's hold on its seats shows that the advantage is not so great as it appears to be, and illustrates the limited nature of the contest. Of the Republicans' 13, six seats are safe, seven doubtful. Of the Democrats' 22, 13 seats are safe, nine are doubtful...
...sole reason for the Communist onslaught appeared to be the prestige of Thanthuong's Dominican priest, Father Barthelemy An. He had made Thanthuong a peaceful refuge. Father An once gave his flock 300 borrowed French rifles to defend themselves from the Communists. Father An was among the dead...
...aside to equip NATO soldiers with everything from Italian minesweepers to German radios. "We just buy from them what they need," quipped one brasshat, "and give it back." On the other hand, many careful planners think OSP is a godsend-the cheapest, most efficient way for the U.S. to defend itself. With OSP dollars, they argue, the U.S. gets such unique military bargains as the services of the Turkish army, which fights gallantly...
...under attack from all sides. In the Administration's economy drive, all overseas aid will surfer, and OSP may be the first to go. Washington already talks of cutting OSP funds from $1 billion to $500 million next year. The program will also become increasingly hard to defend if unemployment rises in the U.S. Political pressure will build up for more defense contracts in jobless areas at home, though it can be argued that dollars spent on guns abroad eventually trickle back to the U.S. through increased European orders for civilian goods. Furthermore, Congress is worried about Communist infiltration...