Word: lead
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Glory be-I never thought I would live to see the day when myopic TIME would realize as it did in its May 27 lead article that President Eisenhower is sadly lacking in political stature, conviction and political ability. My own guess about his future place in history is that he will suffer from comparison with President Grant...
...find myself inclined to follow the lead of the single man, Eisenhower, as against the combined "intelligence" of all those raucous members of Congress who arc now having such a wonderful time playing their game of politics. In the end, the sound and fury which now rages through the halls of Congress will abate, and Ike will yet emerge the winner...
Citation: "The greatest tribute to our democracy is that in America we have men like Sherman Adams to whom we can turn to lead us in our public affairs, and it is also a tribute to our democratic instincts that as a people we do turn to such...
Wilson's order would end the Air Force system of awarding contracts for long-lead, hard-to-produce plane and missile components before Congress allocates funds for the production of the entire weapon. If the directive is rigidly carried out, protested Air Force Secretary James H. Douglas, "large-scale terminations and stretch-outs of contracts would be necessary." Douglas warned that for fiscal 1958 the directive would eliminate $3.4 billion in plane and missile contracts and $800 million in other Air Force orders...
...problem as this critical although he conceded that it is a real one. While courses suggest a quantity concept of knowledge, he admits, Harvard's approach does no generally do this to a significant degree. "In fact," he says, "because Harvard's education is so good, Harvard must lead the way. If by his senior year in college a man is not ready to think on his own, there is not too much likelihood that another year of courses will lead him to do so."J. PETERSEN ELDER...