Word: evens
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...when photographers asked for the inevitable "one more": "I'm halfway down to China now, fellas"). At a luncheon later, he spoke feelingly of the "very deep, sentimental meaning" that Abilene still holds for him. From its "heyday of, let's say, Wild West hilarity and even worse," Abilene has become a "community of Godfearing, hardworking, simple people. It seems to me there's a sort of cross section of the deep convictions that truly motivate...
...toward noble goals," he said, many of today's nettlesome problems will abolish themselves. "As the less developed nations succeed in establishing viable economies and raising their living standards, our own economy will soar to new heights and our technology will be challenged as never before. Burdensome surpluses-even those of wheat-will disappear. Enlarged demand throughout the world will have to be met by new methods, and more effective use of resources everywhere...
...staff is aware of subtle changes in manner that also belie his age. At 69, Dwight Eisenhower is less set in his ways than he was when he first took the Presidential oath of office at 62. He has become at once more pragmatic and more flexible and adaptable-even foxy in his skillful handling of Congress and his new-found warm relations with the press. He has become more and more at ease in office, while making it clear that he would be more than happy...
Genius & Understanding. As an infantry officer, Lieut. Marshall got a fast start. Outdistancing even his West Point rivals, he made his first big mark in the Philippines (1913-16). His ability to plan and execute maneuvers struck Commanding General J. Franklin Bell as something barely short of miraculous. "Keep your eyes on George Marshall," Bell told his staff. "He is the greatest military genius of America since Stonewall Jackson...
...commanding in character and performance was Marshall that even the supremely self-confident Franklin Roosevelt deferred to him, never first-named him. Marshall was at Roosevelt's side at all the momentous Allied wartime meetings-Quebec, Cairo, Casablanca, Yalta. Roosevelt consistently backed his Army...