Word: leaded
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...controversial." The administration became excited when a speech was reported in which only one side of a disputed question was aired; this, they felt, allied the Summer School with that one side. In the midst of the tense week of the Middle East crisis the Summer News bore the lead headline: "Education, Security Conferences mark Week...
...speech to the nation on the Formosa Straits situation, President Eisenhower committed the country to the defense of Quemoy and Matsu should negotiations prove fruitless, and declared simultaneously that any such parleys could lead to no agreement "prejudicing" the position of Chiang Kai-Shek. Little else could be said in a public pronouncement, for surely the U.S. could not announce that it would yield to Red China's show of force. But no public pronouncement would have been better than one in which the President hamstrung the country between the militarism of Mao Tse-Tung and the intransigence of Chiang...
...breathing had gone on too long. Bluntly warning that "U.S. military aid will stop if Pakistan talks in terms of war," Noon challenged the zealots: "If you think you can wage a war with India standing on your own feet, you can come and do it. I shall not lead this country to war, because I know war will destroy both countries and solve no problems...
...lead, was Dangerous Dan McGrew...
Harvard got off to a good start at a rapid 40 strokes a minute rate. By the Remenham Barrier, the one-third marker, the lightweights had grabbed a quarter-length advantage, and stroke Mark Hoffman was understroking Thames. At Fawley, the eight increased their lead to half a length, and continued to understroke the heavier, older British crew...