Word: lead
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...game broke wide open in the second half, as the Cardinals were held scoreless for over ten minutes. In this time the Crimson tallied 17 straight points to take a commanding 53-28 lead...
Considering the fact that the entire American cold war campaign has been based upon the assumption of cultural superiority coupled with military inferiority, it seems absurd that an intensification of the conflict should lead us to abandon our only effective weapon in the battle for men's minds. We are not, and cannot be, prepared to compete with the Russians in a get tough program. The American public, after all, will not tolerate for themselves either the political gangsterism demonstrated in the Hungarian episode, or the national impoverishment which would be required to match Soviet military potential. Our alternative must...
...American approach asserts both implictly and explicitly that the cold war can be won with Cadillacs instead of tanks, conspicuous consumption instead of national dedication. To implement this policy, we must make the Russians more rather than less aware of our cultural position; we must attempt to lead the Russians into acceptance of the social, economic and cultural standards by which we judge our way of life superior. The word for the day is not moral ostrichism, but cultural infiltration...
...recent months a "strongman," Lt. Col. Abdel Saraj, has seized an unofficial but practical hold on Syrian affairs. Saraj, who is reputed to be strongly pro-Communist, is above all an Arab nationalist, and considers Nassar as the "Arab Attaturk" who will lead the Arab world to a glorious unification. As a result of this willingness to follow Nassar, Syria, in October of this year, joined with Egypt and Jordan in putting its army under joint Egyptian control in case...
High scorers Arnie Singal, Bob Repetto, and Jim Smith helped the team put on the pressure to increase its lead in the third quarter, and turn the game into a one-sided affair...