Word: firming
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...President about to address a new Congress has a threefold problem: he must be firm but not insulting, must recommend without demanding, must be conciliatory but not abject-in short, he must present the best illustration possible of how the executive and legislative departments should work together in a democracy. When the President is of one party and the Congress of another, the problem is intensified...
...made another move on the Far Eastern chessboard. In a quietly firm note to Moscow and Nanking, it asked for a speedy end to Soviet control of the Chinese port of Dairen and the Chinese Changchun Railway-and a speedy reopening of both to world traffic...
...news of Secretary Byrnes' resignation and of the appointment of General Marshall to fill his place must be received with mixed emotions. After an almost disastrous beginning, Mr. Byrnes had steadily grown up in the job, learning how to be firm but not hostile with the Russians, learning where American self-interest in walking the Bevin chalk line ended and pulling British chestnuts out of the fire began. In a large measure, the over-all success of the recent meeting of the U.N. Assembly in New York is owning to the efforts of a man who it is now revealed...
...orders, expected to take two years to fill them. But Convair, strikebound for some three months during the year, reported a deficit of $1.8 million for the first nine months after applying a carryback tax credit of $4 million. Also losing money was Republic Aviation Corp., which had 26 firm orders for its Rainbow but did not expect to start deliveries until late...
After what she had seen & heard, Observer Dommisse had at least two points to drive home to her Government: 1) keep firm control over programs and advertising; 2) take long steps to develop radio talent...