Word: idealisms
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...gains of the Communists: they have ideal conditions for their propaganda. Italy's chief problem is overpopulation . . . All the economic aid imaginable can't solve this problem. Italy needs emigration and Italians are willing to emigrate to any land ... As for the Fascists: they are chronic sentimentalists who are fostering a regrowth of nationalism. However, in the case of Trieste, they appeal to genuine Italian patriotism and rightly so ... The Italian claim to Trieste is legitimate. What Italians want is the right and opportunity to work and justice for their national interests. Until the Western powers deal with...
Washington understood congressional fears, respected its ideal of civil control, and won it over in the end with honesty -and his dogged hope of victory. He did not underestimate his army. Revolutionary soldiers might desert, but they often returned to fight again. They might break before British bayonets, but they would regroup and fight the next day. Properly led, they endured incredible hardship, often without pay, without proper clothing, without proper food...
Symington: A recent study that I saw showed that under ideal conditions, 20% of their attacking bombers could be shot down by our present defenses. Under conditions not considered ideal, as, for example, night or low-level attack, we would shoot down about .01% of what they sent over...
...money when a sure thing comes along. One glance at the box-office receipts of such pictures as David and Bathsheba, Quo Vadis and Samson and Delilah proved that Biblical pictures pay off. What's more, according to Variety, the Biblical, or cast-of-thousands picture, is 1) ideal for wide-screen movies, and 2) appeals to older moviegoers who have recently been staying at home with their TVs. Variety reported last week that 13 big Bible stories were in the works...
...commercially pure form. The Government subsidized experimental pilot plants to process small batches of titanium into sheets, rods, etc. and commercial production of titanium was started by Du Pont and Titanium Metals Corp. But the Air Force wanted titanium desperately not only in its pure state but as an ideal substitute for columbium as a hardening agent in alloys. It pressed for a huge program to boost production to 22,000 tons by 1955 (current production: 3,400 tons a year). A long fight ensued. Some defense officials argued that with sheet titanium costing as much...