Word: idea
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Sussex Gardens. The sigh was echoed in Britain, where Prime Minister Harold Macmillan was weekending in the gardens of his Sussex home. The idea struck him that this might be the time for a personal visit to Athens and Ankara in the hope that one quick, bold move, at a time when both sides were weary and fearful, might finally clear up the bloody mess on Cyprus. For six weeks an apparent softening had been noticeable in the Greek position, a willingness to explore a settlement that would not insist on the future rights of enosis, i.e., the union...
...South America in two years-and he made it with U.S. troops standing ready in Lebanon and debate on the Middle East situation about to begin in the U.N. Said Rio's Diario Carioca: "By his very presence here at this time, Senhor Dulles proves false the idea that the U.S. neglects Latin America...
Seven-Column Spread. Kubitschek did not press his idea of launching Operation Pan-American with a summit meeting. "A presidential conference," he said, "might be opportune to launch the Operation in due course, after full discussion and preparation." Their final agreement: Brazil and the U.S. will sound out the other 19 republics in the hemisphere, and, if acceptable, set up a working group in Washington by late September to draw up an outline development program; any meeting of Presidents would follow later. With that settled, Dulles and Kubitschek took time out to pose for pictures...
Almost everybody had a dramatic idea about what to do. The loudest cry was for a tax cut, ranging from $3 billion to $10 billion. It came from such disparate persons as Harry Truman and Herbert Hoover, such political opposites as Americans for Democratic Action and the National Association of Manufacturers, included some members of the Administration's own family. Arthur Burns, Saulnier's predecessor, called for "massive Government intervention" in the economy through both tax cuts and public works. The auto industry asked repeal of the 10% excise tax on autos. Others suggested huge WPA-style public...
...contracts for 50 new medium-range jet planes, thus bringing to no the number of jets slated for delivery to American between October 1958 and the end of 1962-more new equipment than has been ordered by any other airline in the world. Smith also sprang a new financing idea for planes: instead of buying the jet engines for the planes, the line will lease them from the manufacturers, save itself $80 million in initial cost...