Word: mattering
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Commission to fill the vacancy left by retired Supreme Court Justice Stanley Reed (TIME, Dec. 16). Says Democrat Carlton, who keeps his sentiments on segregation largely to himself: "I will be sitting, in effect, as a judge and jury, and I want to pass honestly and fairly on every matter." Justice Reed's commission chairmanship went to Vice Chairman John A. Hannah, 55, president of Michigan State University...
...practical matter, any service chief must win a fair share of the J.C.S. decisions for his own force; if he does not, he will be considered an inadequate service chief. Too often the J.C.S. result is a standoff, with decisions deferred or compromised. For example. Air Force doctrine holds that any aircraft carrier would be a sitting duck in a war of missiles and thermonuclear bombs. U.S. Navy doctrine holds that the mobility of aircraft carriers gives them an advantage over land air bases. Result: billions are committed to both systems, even though Navy bombers and Air Force bombers...
...matter how humble a man's beginning," he added, explaining his own fable, "he achieves the stature of the office to which he is elected...
...Hatta pointedly underscored what every informed Indonesian knew already: that the country has almost no navy or air force and could not possibly take Netherlands New Guinea forcibly no matter how belligerently Sukarno & Co. may sound off in Djakarta. "Our youth." said Hatta, "should not be asked to swim across the ocean to get West Irian. It is not through war that we will get back West Irian but by peaceful ways and means...
Last summer the leading lady swept on to what may become her greatest triumph. Wowed by the ability displayed-and the receipts shown-by some of her recent foreign pictures (The Last Bridge, The Heart of the Matter, Gervaise), the we-gotta-have-new-talent hounds at M-G-M came briskly to a point.* Actress Schell was promptly signed to a comfy contract, written to her own shrewd terms: four Hollywood pictures in seven years, $100,000 for the first picture, $175,000 for the last, script and director to be approved by Actress Schell, full freedom to make...