Word: downed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Although the Taft-Hartley law was passed over President Truman's veto, Truman nonetheless used the cooling-off machinery ten times in six years. Before last week, Eisenhower had used it only five times in seven years. These 15 major strike threats and strikes included four on the docks...
In this maze, lines of authority get tangled and jealousies flourish. Nobody in the Pentagon, from Defense Secretary Neil McElroy down, has been able to explain where Roy Johnson's bailiwick ends and Herb York's begins. York considers himself Johnson's boss; Johnson disagrees. Last year...
Confronting President Eisenhower on his return from California last week were the written and oral reports, carefully compiled and closely considered, from U.S. officials who had seen the most of Nikita Khrushchev during his visit. In their considerable bulk, the reports ranged from opinions about Khrushchev's purposes at...
Beyond that, Khrushchev said often and emphatically that he wanted to reduce the percentage of the Soviet gross national product now devoted to military projects (about 25%, as compared to about 10% in the U.S.) and convert it to consumer production. The U.S. officials pictured Khrushchev's frequent public...
It is much tougher for Republicans to achieve the image of the party best able to assure prosperity. Many voters still associate the G.O.P. with depression, think of the Democrats as looking out for the little fellow and his purse problems. Although President Eisenhower has made the sound dollar-basic...