Word: desk
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...probably not a member of the Communist Party, but he was its willing and witting tool. He handed secret documents over to the spy ring for copying, and when he was dealing with Whittaker Chambers, he wrote a fortnightly summary of the secret documents that passed over his desk. One of these summaries, in White's own handwriting, was among Chambers' famed pumpkin papers...
...Quirino regime: so did his ambition. Filipinos began talking of Magsaysay as presidential material, and Magsaysay liked the sound of it. It was soon no secret that Ramon Magsaysay was America's boy. For a time, U.S. Colonel Edward Lansdale of the U.S. Air Force took a desk in Magsaysay's Defense Office, became virtually his mentor and publicity man. Polished, precise William Lacey. Councillor of the U.S. Embassy, became the man to whom Magsaysay turned daily for counsel...
Dwight Eisenhower had hardly taken office ten months ago when he faced the first test of his "trade not aid" policy. On his desk was a recommendation from the Tariff Commission that he boost the import duty on low-priced brier pipes. Eisenhower, wanting more time and information, sent the recommendation back to the commission for further study. Last week he turned down the proposal...
Question before the military: Can an officer who broke, whatever the treatment he got, be allowed to go back to command of troops or even to a desk job? The professionals' answer: no. The Pentagon intends to move slowly and cautiously in these cases, seeking a rule that will be fair to individuals who broke under duress and at the same time preserve the integrity of the services. The civilian heads of the military establishments have still to make up their minds what should be done. The military men have reached their own decision...
Each student will eventually be provided with a unit of furniture--desk, bureau, bed, desk chair, bookcase, and Harvard chair...