Word: mattering
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...this, and I think possibly this is the first time that I have ever violated my own conception of humility and modesty: I think I am more able than any one of those [Pentagon chiefs] ... to make an overall decision on behalf of the U.S. in this vital matter, because I again assure you that just . . . spending money does not make us stronger. Indeed, if you spend too much money, you will make us weaker. Remember, our system is a balanced one. We should not concern ourselves so much when somebody makes a demagogic talk about a missile, or somebody...
...never allowed to vote on the quota issue himself, because farmers with less than 15 acres of wheat were barred from the referendum; 4) does not believe in the farm support program as a matter of principle...
...Added Khrushchev: "It is well known that when people want to shelve a problem, it is drowned in endless verbiage from which, as from a swampy marsh, there is no exit." If the West really wanted a solution, it would have to agree to a summit conference, whose subject matter would be limited by Khrushchev. And it must not be a Big Four meeting like Geneva; Czechoslovakia and Poland would have to be included to give the Communists "parity...
...English instructor who set off a controversy at Brown Tuesday by demanding that intercollegiate football be banned at the university will have a chance to debate the matter with the athletic director and the head gridiron coach...
Thus, the winner tonight, who will represent the Ivies in the upcoming NCAA tournament, will probably be the better squad--although anything can happen. But no matter who triumphs, it is almost a sure thing that powerful West Virginia, winner of the Southern Conference title, will outclass either in the first round of the tourney...