Word: doubting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Said the New York Times : "There can be no doubt that his candidacy would command wide support in a national election." Almost all U.S. journals had praise for him as a soldier and a military governor, but wanted to hear MacArthur express his views. In Wisconsin, where his Republican supporters had centered their campaign, there was also jubilation. But there could be no doubt about it, in the first week the boos were larger than the cheers...
Activity at GHQ. There was no sign from Tokyo this week that he intended to return to the U.S. soon to go into active campaigning. But there was no doubt that 68-year-old Douglas MacArthur wanted to crown his career with the U.S. presidency. His headquarters buzzed with a new activity. Cables of congratulations, support and advice began to pile up on his desk. As he always had in his military campaigns, the general was gathering intelligence reports. As he had in his war moves, MacArthur would reveal his political decision in his own good time...
...quarters except those envenomed by the Chicago Tribune or perverted by fellow travelers. In New Hampshire, for example, many Deweymen and Stassenmen were second-choice Vandenbergmen. In sum, the private conversations of many GOP wise men were expressed by Pundit Walter Lippmann. Said he: "There is no doubt that Vandenberg is now the man on whom the active candidates could most readily come together ... of no other man can it be said that there are so many Republicans who trust him, so few who are deeply opposed...
...more than usual concern: witty, urbane Harold Nicolson, author (Curson: The Last Phase, The Congress of Vienna) and ex-diplomat, was a good friend of Winston Churchill, and a recent Labor convert. He campaigned on a well-bred, sporting level, emphasizing his air of mild reasonableness by saying: "I doubt whether Solomon Eagles* himself could arouse this placid community to a sense of urgency and passion...
Last summer demonstrators prevented Gerald L. K. Smith from speaking in Boston. Political considerations aside, there is an unpleasant parallel between these two demonstrations. At that time this newspaper stated: "The worth of ideas is to be tested in the marketplace of political discussion . . ." There are without doubt worthwhile ideas to be heard on both sides of this issue. It is essential that "the marketplace of political discussion" in which to hear them be kept open...