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...fact that we have been in a position to contribute . . . arms and money does not entitle us to preach or threaten . . . We want not sullen obedience, but friendly cooperation from our allies . . . We want no satellites; we want companions in arms ... I hope I have misread the signs of the revival of the discredited 'dollar diplomacy' . . . Ours must be the role of the good neighbor, the good partner, the good friend-never the big bully...
Next day, when the stock market took one of its sharpest flops in recent weeks, many traders blamed Turner's gloomy prophecy. Turner, who had misread revised figures on the 1953 budget, was quickly contradicted, not only by Presidential Assistant John Steelman and Boss Mobilizer Henry H. Fowler, but finally by his red-faced self. Steelman and Fowler stated-and Turner agreed-that the current $12½-billion-per-quarter rate of military expenditures will reach a peak of some $14 billion in mid-1953, then level out for two years...
...documentary method proves a drawback because, far more than imaginative drama, documents exist to be scrutinized. On a factual basis, it is improbable that hospital psychiatrists, however literal-minded, would to a man misread both Jim and his wife. Documents can also get flat-toned, but, thanks to the production, The Shrike very seldom does. Jose Ferrer acts Jim Downs with wonderful quiet skill. Equally distinguished is his staging of the play, with its large, hand-picked cast that includes Judith Evelyn in the tough role of the wife. Powerful enough to raise goose pimples, The Shrike is yet plausible...
Before the Hangover. A quickie election, while the Iranian masses are still drunk on the heady wine of nationalism, and before the economic hangover hits them, is almost sure to return Mossadegh to power. The British, who had confidently predicted his downfall, looked glum: once again they had misread the Iranians and their wily old leader...
Several voters and at least one candidate protested that two candidates had been mistakenly listed on the ballot as Dunster residents. Sandler said his only explanation was that a secretary had misread the name of the House while typing the petitions...