Word: exploit
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Democrats, of course, have tried to exploit these difficulties in the last few months, and one result of this has been to give many people the impression that the criticism is just so much political maneuvering in the presidential campaign. The situation here is far too serious, and the criticism far too widespread within the executive branch of the Government, however, to be dismissed as campaign carping. Officials here concede that never since World War II [has there been] a more subtle or complex international challenge for the United States...
...Deep South settles down to face the tremendous problems of racial integration, the temptation increases on the part of eager politicians to exploit inevitable clashes for political gain. Already, in the regrettable Miss Lucy affair, remarks by certain candidates for national office show that it is not difficult to turn the harsh noises from the South into appealing words for the Northern voter. These statements are certain to damage the cause of interstatements are certain to damage the cause of integration, and if the candidates are unable to keep their discussion of the problem restrained, the whole subject of integration...
...hostile question period, Braden denied that he had ever been a member of the Communist party, and rejected the implication that the bombing had been part of a "Communist plot" to exploit the segregation issue. Law enforcement agencies in Louisville, he said, attempted to "cover up the bombing by instituting a witch-hunt...
...family moved into the home, it was dynamited. An indictment was obtained against a friend of Wade's charging that he blew the house up. This indictment has not been tried, but Braden was tried and convicted of sedition, on charges asserting that he brought the situation about to exploit the segregation issue...
...Continental Oil allocated $700 million over the next five years to find and exploit new gas and oil reserves in the U.S. and Canada...