Word: gravely
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...close watch and a cool head. In stern and unequivocal language he warned Russia's Bulganin that any intervention by Russian troops in the Middle East war was "unthinkable"'; he added afterwards that any Russian move against Austria would be considered by the U.S. as "a grave threat to peace." Meanwhile he worked patiently to repair the physical and moral basis of the Western alliance, so as to confront the probing Russians with a united Western front. In a decisive speech on the crisis from the White House (see page 29), Eisenhower proclaimed to all sides: "There...
...fully aware of the grave anxieties of Israel, of Britain and of France. We know that they have been subjected to grave and repeated provocations. The present fact nonetheless seems clear: the actions taken can scarcely be reconciled with the principles and purposes of the United Nations. And beyond this, we are forced to doubt even if resort to war will for long serve the permanent interests of the attacking nations...
Urgently, President Eisenhower sought to head off a conflict. He fired off a personal message to Ben-Gurion expressing "my grave concern," warning him against any "forceful initiative . . . which would endanger the peace." The Administration kept congressional leaders informed of the fast-racing developments. Defense Secretary Charles E. Wilson reminded a national TV audience that the U.S. was committed (by the 1950 tripartite pact with Britain and France) to fight any aggressor in the Middle East "if it is real aggression," but that the U.S. purpose was to "try to talk everybody into being reasonable." The State Department warned...
...harsh course has superficial plausibility but grave disadvantages. It not only invites a blood bath in Eastern Europe but requires a return to one-man dictatorship in Russia, for it takes a Stalin to impose Stalinism. To go forward with liberalization risks the gradual dismemberment of the satellite empire. But in the end, the sins, fallacies and weaknesses of Soviet Communism may compel the Russians to take that risk, in order to save what they...
...Florence's treasures would be shipped to the U.S. aboard a U.S. Navy transport. Additional qualms were quickly forthcoming. Asked Corriere delta Sera: "Who knows what effect the humidity may have on these paintings, and the packing, the unpacking, the vibrations on shipboard, the handling in America-all grave dangers...