Word: mindedness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Slowly the U.S. got to know Tom Dewey better. The U.S. as a whole learned that he was cool, precise, tough-minded, with a passion for neatness (he usually fastens both buttons of his single-breasted suits), a meticulous regimen (he rarely eats a heavy meal), an experienced facility in...
Sober-minded Rumanians and neutral observers in Bucharest realize that the policy of the Red Army does not represent the policy of Moscow. But they have grave worries which go deeper than blind pessimism.
Newspapermen, long familiar with the News'?, aggressive method of fighting libel threats, were inclined to agree with Bob Hannegan. But few thought that hard-headed Joe Patterson either wanted to spare his readers below-the-belt copy, or minded too much the family slight in the cartoon on Cousin...
In the dramatically rapid shifts of World War II, forts and defensive tactics had fallen into disrepute. But the bitter defense of Fort Driant was proving to mobility-minded U.S. soldiers that there was an uncomfortable military virtue in good defensive positions after all.
While redemption-minded bondholders were rushing the banks, Frank Greene Dickinson, 45, economics professor at the University of Illinois, needled their consciences. He suggested that each individual buy enough bonds to cover his share of the $200,000,000,000 war debt (Dickinson's estimate).* Then everyone would burn...