Word: granting
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...tool and die maker, and as such have built dies and fixtures for various new military developments. No one asked me to pass moral judgment on these projects. They handed me the blueprints, they ordered the steel, and told me to make a delivery date . . . Now I'll grant that building an atomic bomb requires a higher order of intelligence than die making, but . . . the atomic scientists and Detroit's die makers are links in the same chain. The atomic scientist, for all his education (and probably finer moral development), is no more entitled to obstructionist tactics than...
Vivid Dream. Addressing the Association of Land-Grant Colleges and Universities at the Statler Hotel one day last week, Ike said: "There is no dream . . . so vivid as the dream of peace, lasting peace." One essential to the realization of the dream, he said, is "understanding of knowledge rather than mere knowledge." The President said that unless the U.S. makes an effort to understand the culture and history of its neighbors, it will never comprehend why it is so often misunderstood and mistrusted. There was strength in tanks and guns, he added, but there was no lasting peace in arms...
...President also sent to the Senate for ratification the Paris pacts to restore sovereignty to West Germany and bring her, rearmed, into the Western alliance. It was a great example of a successful international conference, conducted according to the formula of Ike's speech to the land-grant educators. In a message to the Senate, the President pointed out that the agreements (which restrict Germany to twelve divisions) will tighten NATO control over all West European nations and foster the dream of European cooperation. Said he: "The agreements endanger no nation. On the contrary, they represent one of history...
...researchers would give account of their expenses, a central fund would make it possible to pay the necessary costs for travel, manuscript publication and IBM use in the research process. This allowance is essential for the life of programs that are too new to receive the usual large foundation grant...
Pusey told Rieve that one index of the changes effected in the last 25 years was the fact that a foundation had been established to honor a labor leader, and that it would make a grant for a scholarly undertaking in a university...