Word: missionizing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...that when he went to Europe in 1952 to persuade Eisenhower to contest the Republican nomination, the only argument that held any weight with the General was the notion that he, and he alone, could make great, beneficial contributions to the cause of world peace. This sense of personal mission--based on Eisenhower's war-time contacts with European and Soviet leaders, as well as his popularity with large segments of the American people--may well have pushed him down the road to the Presidency with greater force than less messianic crusades...
...President undoubtedly realizes that his heart attack has diluted his own power in foreign affairs. If he decides to run again in order to continue his commendable personal mission, he should be prepared to devote his full energies to the task of leading this country's foreign policy. If his health precludes his active leadership, we hope he has the wisdom to leave his mission to another...
...invite David Lilienthal, onetime chairman of TVA, down for a look, and frankly tapped their guest for advice and know-how. Serving willingly (and without fee), Lilienthal briefly studied the valley and recommended the creation of a developmental agency. Since then, the Cauca Valley Corp., working closely with a mission from the World Bank, has been gathering the engineering data needed to fix its own goal and methods. The objective, as finally visualized, became nothing less than a quick and dramatic boost in the standard of living of the valley's 3,000,000 people, to be achieved mainly...
Once C.V.C. is in business, it will become selfsupporting, but the initial investment in dams, power plants and transmission lines will require $187 million in all (including last month's governmental commitment). A favorable report by the World Bank mission was a hint that the bank would lend a reported $20 million to $27 million for imported equipment and machinery. As for the rest. Finance Minister Carlos Villaveces has promised that "the government will see this through, come what may." To help raise funds, the government recently doubled Cauca Valley land taxes, without a murmur of complaint from...
...Army cadet, later dropped out of the Air Corps. and by 1937 was ready to launch his flamboyant, horsepower-opera career by marching off to the Spanish civil war with a $1,500-a-month contract to fly and fight for the Republican side. On a bombing mission over the Madrid front, he was shot down, captured and sentenced to death before a Franco firing squad...