Word: fallen
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...unfortunate that TIME, like many other newspapers and periodicals, has fallen for the Whittaker Chambers story. By the tone of your article you are adding to the prestige of, and admiration for, a man who is a confessed "liar, spy and traitor" as well as an admitted perjurer...
...Make Him Fight!" The most striking suggestion that Ike Eisenhower is a candidate who can win came next day, in Detroit. All along, Ike has been chafing under the conflicting and sometimes inept advice from his campaign managers. His first big speech at Abilene had fallen somewhat flat. On the train to Detroit last week, Ike sat up with his speech writers, going over suggested drafts. He rejected them all. "It doesn't sound like me," he said. In the morning, he made his decision...
...little espionage is not unusual among delegates. Shaffer thinks that in Michigan there are now 33 uncommitted delegates ("We have organized a group to keep one another posted"), but suspects that at least a dozen of them will succumb to the blandishments of their fallen brethren (i.e., the committed) before July...
...failed to materialize. Imperturbable Chancellor Rab Butler proceeded to paint a picture that differed substantially in tone from Churchill's dark hues. "Since the end of March," he reported, "our gold and dollar reserves have fallen by less than $28 million. This loss in nearly 2½ months compares with a loss of $935 million in the last three months of 1951 and $635 million in the first three months of 1952. We are holding the position, and have had a welcome and definite respite in the loss of our reserves...
...Faculty approved the C.E.P.'s proposals that included the above two ideas and limited group tutorial to six men, giving tutorial grades of "honor" "pass or "fail", and not requiring tutorial for non-honors seniors. The student load on the five departments had fallen off 25 percent in the past three years, so the Bender Reports' five percent rule was discarded...