Word: feeling
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Appearing before them, W. (for William) Stuart Symington, the first Secretary of the first independent Air Force the U.S. has ever had, declared: "I do feel that the maintenance ... of peace in the world depends upon the strength of the United States." The commission agreed with him. The mere existence of a great U.S. force, in fact, might be a deterrent to a world aggressor. Peace might yet be achieved through the very instrument which had become the world's most destructive force: air power...
...appointment did not sit well with those who feel that the President has too many military men in his official family, but most aviation men seemed pleased...
...South Orange, N.J., Jake for the first time had played the aggressive "big game" that made him the world's best amateur. Said Jake later: "The audience was down close and I could feel them pulling for me. They rooted me in." He beat Riggs 3-6, 7-5, 6-2. It wasn't a matter of getting wise to Bobby's cagey game, he said, because he always plays his own strength rather than an opponent's weakness. But he did give Riggs credit for one thing: "Bobby is able to adjust himself...
...cast promises to refrain from basso profound "Do you feel"s, "BO"s, and other such sickening health sales talks...
...citizen not according to how much he earns but according to how he earns it and "what contributions he's making to the society in which he lives." Author St. John was assured that this rather personal form of taxation was necessary because New Yugoslavia is "trying to feel her way slowly," and just hasn't got around to framing tax laws. In fact, says St. John, Tito is being so conscientiously slow that Yugoslavia "is actually operating without any laws" whatever, civil or criminal...