Word: lincolnisms
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...scornful repudiation of the principle instituted by Jefferson in the foundation of our country and of every characteristic which makes American history the distinctive successful "experiment" before the critical eyes of the world which Lincoln stated it was, namely: belief in the basic goodness and self-improvable nature...
...Dwight Eisenhower unable to sleep at night as he wrestled with a problem which might end in "the physical and final destruction of this republic." Ike's sleeplessness, according to the Alsops, was caused by worry as to whether his Administration should adopt the recommendations of Project Lincoln, a study of U.S. air defenses carried out at Massachusetts Institute of Technology at the request of the armed services...
Though the Project Lincoln report was classified "secret," the Alsops devoted a series of three columns to an analysis of its conclusions. The M.I.T. scientists, they said, had decided that within two years the U.S.S.R. would be able to deliver an atomic attack "large enough to cripple or even devastate this country . . ."At present, the Alsops went on, U.S. defenses against such an attack were so inadequate that they "really amount to no air defense at all." To remedy this situation, the nation must follow the Project Lincoln blueprint: "An early-warning net must be thrown around the almost inaccessible...
...common feature of a Cambridge Spring, Hopi Indians are exceedingly rare, and one could never find enough together at one time to perform their Rain ceremony anyway. Ball bearing planting at the foot of the world tree has become passe. Ordinarily, we could point to the opening of Lincoln Downs as a valid harbinger, but it's too late now--the nags have been running for a week and Clocker Spanielle has already lost his button-down shirt. Wellesley hasn't held its Hoop race and Radcliffe hasn't discarded its knee...
...Crimson's consistent forecaster picked his first winner in years at Lincoln Downs over the weekend, as well as two seconds and two thirds, so the greenbacks are flowing down at 14 Plympton...