Word: desk
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Dwight Eisenhower's desk, a few days before the decisive break at Panmunjom, came a powerful letter from Korea's President Syngman Rhee. The doughty old patriot objected strenuously to the latest U.S. truce plan, on which his government had not been consulted (see INTERNATIONAL). His country's hope of unity and its future safety, he warned, were imperiled; rather than accept the armistice, he vowed to lead his people in a lone fight against the Communists and in defiance...
...last look at the tableau about to be flashed, through the facilities of the four major networks, to TV screens across the nation. The glare of twelve big lights, ranging from 750-watt "spots" to 1,000-watt "broads," beat brightly down on President Eisenhower, sitting behind a small desk, with his face and bald head aglow with pancake makeup. His big "cue cards," which had been brought in only after news photographers had been shooed out of the room, were ready before him. On his right sat Attorney General Herbert Brownell, on his left, Agriculture Secretary Ezra Benson, Treasury...
...governor of Illinois will sign the loyalty oath and investigation bills Adlai E. Stevenson vetoed. Gov. Monte Straton, Republican, has indicated that when the two bills of Senator Paul Broyles come to his desk, as they seem certain to do, he will sign them into...
...Practically no one at any college will tell on a boy seen cheating in an examination. It is quite different if a student sees another student stealing money out of a desk drawer. There the reluctance to tell has substantially evaporated. Where did your sympathies lie in the West Point cheating exposure? My guess is it was with the boys who cheated rather than with the boys who told. In Hollywood's great contribution to culture--the gangster pictures--the audience without doubt is emotionally against the moll who squeals and is with the mob. In brief...
Thagaard's opponents do not deny his ability and honesty. Tall, thin, with straggly white hair and a face as rugged as Norway's coastline, he is a dedicated public servant. He spends long working days in a decrepit old rocking chair at a big, flattop desk, carries away stacks of homework every night. He earns less than $5,000 yearly, lives in a small, unpretentious flat in Oslo, rides buses and streetcars, and does not own an automobile. His only relaxation is attending opening nights with his wife, a theater critic, whom he married...