Word: happen
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...bumbling propaganda attempt to convince the rest of the world that the power of the American long-range flying bomber is over. This is an insidious lie, made more tragic by the fact that some Americans have come to believe it. One of the best things that could happen to the world right now would be for Khrushchev to launch one of his ICBMs. He could undoubtedly kill a lot of Americans (maybe), but for the next five years he could probably not hit a single significant target. In the meantime SAC could and would pulverize, not Khrushchev...
...acting the real novelist, puzzled by passion. Moreover, and most fortunately, Ralph Richardson acts her husband. He is casually perfect, and finds a flourish even in the stiff upper lip of, "There's only one thing more to say. Apparently I haven't made it sufficiently clear. I happen to love you very much...
...Defense Secretary Neil H. McElroy, they were informed politely but firmly that the missile programs had a top man: Neil McElroy. Missileman William M. Holaday, explained the Defense Secretary, is missile "director," and "I consider that I am easily accessible to him when he needs the power that I happen to possess.'' As for President Eisenhower's new missile adviser, M.I.T.'s Dr. James Killian: "I do not believe it was intended at any point for Dr. Killian to come into the Defense Department for order-giving, and I do not believe that he thinks...
...becomes obvious with the passage of time that the Godless Russians are making great strides in the scientific and industrial fields, what is going to happen to this towering edifice of superstition we call religion...
...again before 8. After a second Security Council meeting Thursday, Ike drove over to tell 1,200 members of the National Defense Executive Reserve Conference his views on planning for emergencies: "The very definition of 'emergency' is that it is unexpected; therefore it is not going to happen the way you are planning. So the first thing you do is to take all the plans off the top shelf and throw them out the window and start once more. But if you haven't been planning you can't start to work, intelligently at least...