Word: forward
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...setting the record straight fell to Acting Secretary of State Robert A. Lovett. He told a press conference that the U.S. would support any program that could be described as "reasonable, but realistic." He added: "If we are going to go on giving aid, we must clearly look forward to the day when either the aid works or-if it is not going to do the job . . . we'd better know now rather than later." Bob Lovett's tone was soft, but no European diplomat missed the note of warning. This week, with George Kennan looking over their...
...convention hall's one real moment of excitement followed the spontaneous burst of cheering with which General Dwight D. Eisenhower was hailed. But when Kansas delegates thronged forward in an attempt to set off an Eisenhower-for-President boom, National Commander Paul Griffith waved them back. The ovation ended after only 30 seconds, and with it the theory that the convention would play a major part in presidential politics. (Presidential Aspirant Harold Stassen, a delegate to the convention, got a thunderous ovation when he spoke in behalf of the "Marshall approach...
...backhand and forehand carry deceptive depth and pace. All who play against him have the same complaint: "He makes you feel like you are backing up and backing up until you can't back up any farther." And at that point, Jake has most likely worked his way forward to the net for the clincher. Says he: "After a forcing shot, the odds of clinching a point at the net are 8-1 in your favor." He is a thoughtful young man, according to his lights, and he plays percentage tennis...
Opponents' weaknesses don't interest him. For one thing, "good players seldom have a real weakness," says Big Jake, who concentrates on putting his own best foot forward: "I always play my own strength, which is to the far right corner." This is the kind of positiveness that has made him a champion...
Right now Jake is pretty tired of hotels and laundry problems. As soon as possible he is going back home to Montebello, just outside Los Angeles, and he is looking forward to playing some golf-which he hopes to take up seriously some day, as Ellsworth Vines did after he made almost $200,000 out of pro tennis. (Last week, by tying in the Reno Open, Vines added $1,600 to the approximately $50,000 he has earned in five years as a golf pro.) Late in the month, Kramer will play in the Pacific Southwest Championships at the cement...