Word: dwight
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Standard-Bearer. It was the announcement of Dwight Eisenhower's European trip, to be followed by his exchange of visits with Khrushchev, that brought a tide of praise for the "New Eisenhower" -a phrase used to describe the Eisenhower who had in fact been around for quite a while. And in its every phase, the trip was a tribute to the presidential recognition Ike had been so long in winning...
...Chequers, in the green vales of Buckinghamshire just 40 miles northwest of London, country home of British Prime Ministers since 1917. Opened briefly last week to newsmen for the first time, Chequers, as Harold Macmillan said, is "a good place to work and a good place to rest." Dwight Eisenhower and Harold Macmillan did both, at one point using Presidential Physician Howard Snyder as their range pole for golf shots on Chequers' broad lawns, at other times going behind closed doors for serious talks...
That purpose had been explained by Dwight Eisenhower before he embarked on his journey. Said he to close friends: "I'll do anything to achieve peace within honorable means. I'll travel anywhere. I'll talk to anyone. This is what I want to do." And it is just what he was doing, backed by the strength of his nation and his own achievements as President...
Despite the Democratic majorities confronting him in Congress in all but the first two years of his Administration, Dwight Eisenhower built up a remarkable record of making his vetoes stick: of his first 143 vetoes. Congress failed to override a single one. Last week, just before he took off for Europe, the President jeopardized his perfect record with Veto No. 144. Turned down: the lardy, $1.2 billion public works bill, more popularly called "the pork-barrel bill." Objected Ike in his veto message: the bill included 67 new projects not listed in his budget. These projects would add only...
...Military Academy is still in the middle of a wide-ranging study of the curriculum, begun last year by querying 13,000 West Point graduates (including Dwight Eisenhower) on what changes they thought should be made. The alumni came up with a good many provocative ideas, e.g., women instructors, but agreed on little. West Point then called in a panel of consultants headed by Dr. Frank Bowles, president of the College Entrance Examination Board, who urged 1) some elective courses, 2) more humanities and 3) more specialization in the upper classes. "The problem is where...