Word: knew
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Across the land, Americans sensed the venturesomeness and the drama in Ike's meetings, first with his allies and then with his antagonist. And they knew that the importance of the meetings lay precisely in the fact that they were initiated...
Rockefeller explained that he would like to see Bridges, partly because he knew of Bridges' long-standing interest in civil defense (this was news to Styles Bridges, who has shown about 'as much interest in civil defense as in establishing a Franklin Delano Roosevelt chair of political science at New Hampshire University). Could Bridges have lunch with Rockefeller on Tuesday? Sorry, but Bridges already had a luncheon date. Would Bridges meet Rocky Tuesday afternoon? Sorry, but Bridges was off to New Hampshire to keep a speaking engagement. Would Bridges like to fly to New Hampshire in the Rockefeller...
Reversing the Trend. Fortnight ago, surveying his troops before the battle, G.O.P. Leader Charles Halleck knew he was in trouble in his effort to push across the Landrum-Griffin bill. Although his friend and coalition ally, Virginia Democrat Howard Smith, assured him that Southern conservatives were lined up solidly behind the bill, Halleck found that some 20 of his own Republicans, all from industrial areas, were prepared to go over the hill, vote for one of the weaker bills. Moreover, the trend was against Halleck: his rasping, hard-driving methods had caused resentment among the G.O.P. rank and file...
...board, blandly proposed that they write him a letter requesting state police to help preserve peace on school-opening day. The gimmick: Faubus could use the letter as evidence of an "emergency," lock the schools under his gubernatorial police powers. But Little Rock's city fathers knew better than write Faubus anything, calmly put their faith in Police Chief Gene Smith, a hulking (6 ft. 2½ in., 213 Ibs.), steel-eyed man whose uniform is a grey business suit and a white straw...
...sought out Bragan and blurted: "If you let me play regular, I'll hit 35 home runs and knock in 100 runs." Bragan promptly tipped off the sportswriters, stuck Rocky in the line-up to let him put up or shut up. "The minute I said it I knew I made a mistake," says Rocky. "But with God's help I hit 41 homers and I drove in 113 runs." The boy from The Bronx had become a star...