Word: lincolnisms
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Dulles quoted another humble American, Abraham Lincoln: "There is something in the Declaration [of Independence] giving liberty, not alone to the people of this country, but hope to the world for all future time." Then Dulles brought Lincoln's sentiment up to date by ringing a resonant change on the name of the sterile and negative policy associated with the word "containment." Of the American belief in liberty for all peoples. Dulles said: "We do not conceal that conviction, and no United States Government could contain...
That day he announced a Cabinet that included not one of Alemán's cronies. A few days later he published a complete list of his assets-his Mexico City house, a small Veracruz ranch, his savings, his 1948 Lincoln and his furniture. The total valuation was $34,000. Then he directed that all 250,000 government employees follow his example, with a warning that the lists would be checked for accuracy and checked again when the men left government service. When the treasury sent him the President's customary $4,000 monthly check for "special expenses...
...startling as his cleanup was the skill and authority with which Ruiz Cortines carried it out. Mild and unassuming personally, the new President nevertheless grasped his great powers firmly. His methods reminded one subordinate of the story of Abraham Lincoln polling his Cabinet, finding all eight opposed to his view, then announcing: "Eight nays, one aye; the ayes have it." Though he has held only two Cabinet meetings since taking office...
...General Motors' modern, air-conditioned brick plant in Livonia, Mich, one day last week, the second shift had just filed in to start a normal day's work turning out Hydra-Matic transmissions for G.M., Lincoln, Kaiser, Hudson and Nash. Moments later, sparks from a welder's torch ignited an oil-soaked conveyor belt; suddenly flames leapfrogged from one drip pan to another. After that said Foreman Floyd Davis, everything "went up like a torch...
Ford's Lincoln-Mercury division (100% Hydra-Matic) with a 10-20 days' supply, prepared to expand Mercury production, cut back on Lincolns. Hudson (58%), shut down for a model change, has "a couple of weeks' supply"; Nash (33%) has enough for a few weeks, but has been shut down by a supplier's strike; Kaiser (60%) has been closed since June. Said G.M. President Harlow Curtice after inspecting Livonia: "At this moment every facility ... is being concentrated on the extensive rebuilding job that faces us . . ." Curtice moved fast, this week took steps to lease...