Word: fatalism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Jackson County, President Truman's home county. He had 30,000 votes in his pocket. He boasted that he controlled 40 state legislators, that he had elected Governor Forrest Smith. But Charlie Binaggio, who looked deceptively like a mild and prosperous chiropodist, made a mistake which is as fatal in politics as it is in the underworld-he overestimated himself...
...hotter & hotter-even though Whitsunday was still seven weeks away. Said one Allied official: "It's like having a fortuneteller announce that you're going to die in exactly seven weeks. You can try to laugh it off, but you'll be pretty nervous until the fatal day is safely over." Whatever tune the Communists played, it was obvious that Berlin was going to be very warm...
Political Liability. The reasons for Acheson's troubles lay in part in politics, in part in his own personality. Unlike some of his predecessors, Dean Acheson has no political support in his own right; this might not be a fatal defect, but it did not help to rally Democratic Congressmen to his support. Nor had he come into office -like Hull, Byrnes or Marshall-with a public reputation outside the Department. He had no close friends in Congress and he has made none in his 14 months as Secretary. His learning, his wit and his lucidity are admired...
Another line of attack is lures. Scientists led by Dr. Walter Carter of the Pineapple Research Bureau have discovered that a chemical, methyl eugenol, has a fatal attraction for male flies. The experts do not know whether the males mistake the scent for females, or whether they think the stuff is good to eat, but in one week, 250,000 males swarmed into traps that had been baited with...
Over 40 percent of college investments are now in business and real estate; 20 years ago the figure was 15 percent. Economists think this trend of universities into business is dangerous--a recession would be almost fatal to institutions that have invested in risky marginal firms. Businessmen complain that some universities are using their status as "charitable institutions" to avoid Federal corporation income taxes...