Word: hadly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Resolute Spirit. First order of business amid this tumult was to accept a degree in political science from the University of Ankara. The citation praised Eisenhower as soldier and President, noted that he had served as president of Columbia University. Another honor: honorary membership in the Turkish War Veterans Association...
Behind closed doors Turkey's Foreign Minister Fatin Zorlu urged him to be "cautious and realistic" in his coming dealings with the Russians. Ike assured the Turks that U.S. willingness to negotiate with the U.S.S.R. did not mean that the U.S. would give ground. That evening, at a dinner...
The contrast between Secretary Gates and outgoing Secretary McElroy could hardly be greater. McElroy (who goes back this week, with no regrets, to a new Procter & Gamble job as board chairman at upwards of $285,000) is an attractive, extraverted salesman-impatient with details or lengthy briefings, a man who...
Tom Gates, in sharp contrast, is a stiff-upper-lip Philadelphia investment banker and World War II Navyman (four stripes in Air Intelligence). He went to Washington as Under Secretary to Navy Secretary Robert Anderson (now Secretary of the Treasury), inevitably inherited the top Navy job in 1957. He ran...
Heading the guest list in rank and position was Air Force General Nathan Twining, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who has accepted Martin's hospitality three times (on one occasion accompanied by his wife, son, daughter and infant grandson). Other guests: Air Force Lieut. General E. R...