Word: failed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...representatives of my Government fail to support the President on his Middle East policy, they will be doing far more to aid "Russianism" than a true Communist. If they insist on a watered-down, minus-this-or-that version, would they mind the U.S. Army being minus one less G.I.? I'd sure like to be home...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6--President Eisenhower called today for a maximum effort to get more oil to Europe--and implied that the federal government might step in if other means fail...
...brains and tests might go too far. Many state-supported schools still feel they have a moral obligation to give every taxpayer's child his chance, even though he may flunk out. "We believe," says President Fred Hovde of Purdue University, "in the doctrine of opportunity. If students fail, they at least know they've had their chance." To Headmaster Seymour St. John of Choate, mere "quickness of mind" may become far too important. "Is there not a hazard," he asks, "of neglecting by default other vital factors in a student's makeup?" Adds Admissions Director Robert...
Bottom & Peak. As bond prices dropped, the big mystery was: Why did investors fail to take advantage of the bargains? Yields on the Dow-Jones average of 40 bonds rose to 4.30%, close to the yield of 4.53% on the blue-chip stocks. Yet until last week the shift toward bonds was remarkably slow, apparently because many investors were waiting for bond prices to drop even further...
...gridders should fail...