Word: mattering
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Does it matter to the uncommitted people of the world that they are faced with extinction at the hands of a clean bomb or a dirty bomb? Also what happens if Dr. Teller does develop a clean bomb? Will we throw out all of the dirty ones...
...Indo-China, he was sent to Algeria to take command of the crack Third Colonial Parachute Regiment. A martinet but the idol of his men, Bigeard whipped them into shape by running them as much as 15 miles at a time. He made them shave every day, no matter where they were, doled out raw onions instead of the traditional wine ration because "wine reduces stamina." With all-night marches and sudden paratroop raids, he won every engagement, became so successful at outwitting the rebels ("He thinks like a fellagha," says one of his officers) that the army...
...They overproduced, and they cut down investment-one of the perils, by the way, of the Age of Abundance. Much of the blame has to go to the auto industry. The overselling of cars in 1955 was shocking. And it was a mistake not to cut prices in 1957. Matter of fact, this depression could rightly be called the Auto Depression...
Jones: A lot of businessmen and economists think so. The Committee for Economic Development and the National Planning Association have come out for a tax cut, and so has the Rockefeller Brothers Fund. So, for that matter, has Harry Truman...
...President, will my colleague from Georgia be so kind as to yield to me for 2 or 3 minutes, without losing the floor, so that I might discuss another matter? --From the Congressional Record, April...