Word: merely
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...live in one of those periods of test not only for France but all of France's friends and allies, my country among them. It is for us, together, to determine whether men shall continue to live in freedom and in dignity or whether they are to become mere vassals of an all-powerful state." Then, while a U.S. officer was still translating, the President moved to his bubble-top Lincoln (which had been sent over by ship and bore a French diplomatic plate...
ROLES & MISSIONS. If he is to head off an interservice blow-up that will make past squabbles seem like mere brush fires, McElroy must redefine obsolescent service roles and missions assignments (air to the Air Force, sea control to the Navy, land to the Army) in the light of missile strategy, to which old geographic concepts no longer apply. Outer space, by present definitions, belongs to no single service; neither does defense against enemy space missiles. Neither, for that matter, does the missile itself. All the services are rushing in with proposals, claims, bids...
After the Crimson's win last Saturday over Army, 8 to 1, the prospects of an undefeated season have brightened considerably. This match will be mere formality for the varsity, which is looking forward to its important matches with Navy, Yale, and Princeton after vacation...
Although it is desirable to use as many House members as possible "for the purpose of House spirit, fun, and mere convenience," the group heads felt the quality of the productions would suffer if they were limited to each House...
...Doubted that the Administration had in mind a real job for him at Paris, declined to go along as mere window-dressing or as a living exhibit that Republicans and Democrats can cooperate...