Word: dulleses
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Rough Path. The week's accomplishments spread new polish on a State Department career that so far has not been easy. An engineer like his father, and a Middle East oil expert as well, Hoover was swept into his post after a piece of spectacular diplomacy in 1954. Iran...
Once in, Hoover found the path strewn with difficulty. An inordinate shyness, accentuated by his deafness, was mistaken for gruffness, an engineer's anxiety to be letter-perfect, for indecision. Twice while Dulles was absent, Hoover as Acting Secretary had to take responsibility for poor staff work that produced...
Happy Prospect. Last week the days of doubt appeared behind him as the 53-year-old Acting Secretary went about his double duties. In whatever top decision he made, Hoover got adequate advice from two top sources. One: Dwight Eisenhower. The other: John Foster Dulles, perched in a hospital bed...
But letters or no, Washington gossip was shining up some new names for the two important Cabinet posts: State and Defense. For his Secretary of State, Ike believes no man better qualified than John Foster Dulles. Although surgeons have reported that Dulles' operation last fortnight was successful and that...
For months, the only case he could see in the Middle East was whatever would lead to dumping Nasser. In his difference with Dulles over Suez. Dulles again and again made the point that the West, as the canal's users, must impress the Arab world that its long...