Word: isn
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...same correspondent: "Acheson has been steadily arguing with Truman to go along on an early recognition of Communist China. Just before Truman left for Key West, Acheson got him to admit the logic of early recognition. Truman said that Acheson had made a forceful case. The trouble now isn't with Truman, but in persuading him to override the pressure from congressional and other groups not to recognize...
...next forty-five minutes the evangelist roared his way through a series of Bible quotations that bore little or no relation to each other. Then he called for converts to step forward. Nobody moved. Owen coaxed, pleaded, wheedled. He prayed, "Jesus, isn't there a paycheck in the audience?" He pointed to various people and berated them for their lack of faith. Deprived of converts, he demanded fifty dollar checks and threatened those who would not give with "sleepless nights." Finally he lost his temper and shouted, "all right, you don't have to stay...
According to athletic directors all over the country, TV is wrecking football by keeping crowds away from the playing fields. After watching the show at the Pilgrim, I think they should start looking for some less superficial reason. Watching players maul each other on a screen isn't the same as sitting in the stands. All the pageantry was out of it--the girls in plaid dresses, the band uniforms, the colors, the requests for shots from the bottle. There was little cheering and such as there was lacked gusto. I've never gone along with those who consider football...
...yesterday's practice the offensive squads worked on T plays for a great part of the afternoon. Gil O'Neil ran the team from the quarterback spot behind the center, but as Jordan said later. "Gil isn't the passer a T-quarterback should...
...city-hall basis; 2) Washington is the capital of the free world, which is locked in a fight for its life over moral issues with the Communist world. Boyle's law, the code that he and his kind live by, is not the worst code around. It just isn't good enough...