Word: make
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Thanks, pardner, for including me as one of the "younger writers" of westerns. You make me feel coltish, grey-haired...
...Secretary Dulles. I had a conversation this morning with him, and in view of the findings the doctors have made . . . he has definitely made up his mind to submit his resignation." The medical findings, the President added, "are not of the kind, so far as I am aware, that make him helpless. He is nevertheless absolutely incapacitated so far as . . . carrying on the administrative load, in addition to assisting in the making of policy. So I have asked him to remain as my consultant." (Later, Ike asked that the word "absolutely" be cut from the transcript...
...bareknuckle campaign against Paul Dever, Herter has shown that, when he needs it, he has a streak of stern resolution beneath the gentle surface. In politics he was, a Massachusetts Democratic politico admiringly recalls, "a real Yankee trader who'd give you an apple for an orchard and make you think you got a good deal." Adds another Bay Streeter, who has known Herter for decades: "There are some people who would say he's too nice a guy for the job. It's not true. Believe me, he can be tough and hard when he needs...
...above all, Dulles was the clear, stern conscience of freedom. Said Dulles: "Our nation must stand as a solid rock in a storm-tossed world . . . Rededication to the faith of our fathers is . . . what is needed to make apparent the futility of any world program based on the suppression of freedom...
...talks were described as "cordial and frank," which is the diplomatic way of saying that neither side changed its position. For all his courtesy, Debré emphasized that the French are not so keen as the British to make concessions to the Russians, and are determined to avoid any appearance of dealing with Khrushchev behind the back of the West German government...