Word: letting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Nixon let drop several clues that he has such steps in mind. In the television speech, he said that things were looking better in Viet Nam than they had in June. That was when he declared that he hoped to beat a timetable proposed by ex-Defense Secretary Clark Clifford, who called for withdrawal of all U.S. combat troops by the end of next year. Privately, Nixon told a group of Republican Congressmen last week that nearly all U.S. troops will probably be out of combat before the November 1970 elections. Whether or not he can bring about that result...
...Dayan urged that Israel ought to take action in the Lebanese crisis. "We have a right to play a role," he told colleagues privately, implying that Israel should not allow the guerrillas to gain an upper hand in Lebanon. "We are the only power in the Mediterranean that can. Let's not play games. We must decide whom to help and then use our forces to change the political picture...
...agents. When he was fired from his El Tiempo job last January, the FBI helped him set up his "New York Press Service," a photo agency dedicated to photographing people in the movement. "The next time your organization schedules a demonstration," Salzberg's solicitation letter read, "let us know in advance. We'll cover it like a blanket and deliver a cost-free sample of our work to your office. No obligation to purchase, naturally...
Died. Robert E. Wood, 90, soldier turned merchant king, who built Sears, Roebuck and Co. into the world's largest merchandising concern; in Lake Forest, Ill. A West Pointer (1900) who rose to brigadier general, Wood had one motto: "Let's charge!" And charge he did soon after he joined Sears as a vice president in 1924. Within four years he was president, and what was previously a rural mail-order house swiftly expanded into retail stores, insurance and financing. One of Wood's wisest moves was pioneering an employee profit-sharing plan that now owns...
...agree with Mclntire theologically have become increasingly edgy about his political pronouncements, especially his support of civil rights opponents like Georgia Governor Lester Maddox. Nor do Mclntire's internal political methods endear him to colleagues. A.C.C.C. General Secretary John Millheim notes that his motto seems to be "Let us reason together and do it my way." As for the I.C.C.C., Mclntire's political attitudes and imperious ways have proved so embarrassing to missions that an estimated 1,900 of some 2,000 missionary members have withdrawn from the organization. Yet another Mclntire enterprise, Shelton College in Cape...