Word: hurriedness
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The election campaign does not officially begin until July 19, but for all practical purposes it swung into full speed last week. Premier Nguyen Cao Ky, who announced his candidacy in May, hurried around the country, recruiting support from top generals, impressing the populace with displays of calculated generosity, and...
Since the hot-line link between Washington and Moscow was first put into operation on Aug. 30, 1963, it had conveyed nothing more dramatic than New Year's greetings and hourly testing messages. Never before had it been used for communication between the U.S. and Soviet governments in time...
He seemed impervious to the battering and strain of more than seven months alone at sea, but the elements had obviously taken their toll. Less than a week after his triumphant arrival home, Britain's Circumnavigator Sir Francis Chichester, 65, was hurried to Plymouth's Royal Naval Hospital...
Few, if any, officials relished the idea of the U.S. acting alone. "None of us should be too hurried about getting into this thing," warned Dwight Eisenhower. "Any unilateral action would be a serious mistake." Officially, the Administration agreed, pinning its public hopes on the United Nations to settle the...
Iowa's Senator Bourke Hickenlooper, chairman of the committee, said that he had released the report without reading it because he was worried that it might be leaked piecemeal and distorted. But G.O.P. leaders were aghast. Senate Minority Leader Everett Dirksen, recuperating from pneumonia, left Walter Reed General Hospital...