Word: eastern
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...such an atmosphere, old-fashioned nationalism is reasserting itself, against such grand schemes as EDC and the Middle Eastern Defense pact, both of which require national pride to subordinate itself...
...stand . . ." Ike did not commit himself, but he invited Herter to lunch, put him on a "Chris" basis, and spent two hours discussing politics after lunch. Herter was firm on one recommendation which was later adopted: Ike should be presented as a product of the Middle West, not of "Eastern internationalists." Herter came home to get in touch with Kansas Eisenhower backers, urging them to set up an organization...
...Edward Vernon ("Eddie") Rickenbacker, 62, president of Eastern Air Lines Inc. since 1938, moved up to board chairman in order "to get young men on jobs where they can carry responsibility and to give me more time for policy matters and long-range planning." Eastern's new president is Thomas F. Armstrong, 51, treasurer and secretary since 1938, who joined the airline as an apprentice bookkeeper in 1928. But as chief executive officer, iron-fisted Rickenbacker is still the real boss...
Dream Wife (MGM) is a merry little barbecue of Adam's Rib. When the lights go down, Gary Grant comes up looking shy, eligible and enormously wealthy as a big U.S. importer who has dropped in on a Middle Eastern oil kingdom to make a dicker of some vague sort. While at the Bukistanian court, Importer Grant spots an item he would love to pay duty on: the Khan's sexy daughter, Princess Tarji (Betta St. John...
Last week the investigation was completed. Among its recommendations: that the trustees find a new president for Eastern Washington as quickly as possible. But with or without Freeman, who had already resigned anyway-;and in spite of the fact that the trustees were willing to rehire a good many of the dismissed professors-Eastern Washington would have quite a time cleaning up the mess left by the athletic director's unearned M.Ed. For one thing, the athletic director himself was still on campus. "I hope the matter is closed," said Red Reese, who has always been known...