Word: offered
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...called his staff together to discuss "this point," and it was decided that "it was desirable for the staff of the President of the United States to refrain from doing anything which might possibly lead to any question such as you have posed. I have no excuses to offer. I did not come up here to make apology to you or this committee. If there were any errors, as I have already stated, they were errors, perhaps of inexperience . . . I will say this, that if I had the decisions now before me to make, I believe I would have acted...
Through the years, as Bernard Goldfine gave, Adams received. Without seeming to recognize the implications of his relationship, Adams took advantage of Goldfine's offer of a rug, a few mats, a coat, some cloth that he had made into a suit. The hotel rooms were a great convenience, and so were the dining facilities at the hotels. These gifts were hard to refuse, partly because of friendship, partly because, as a careful man with his own dollar, Adams could not bring himself to refuse the lavish insistence of a big spender. And when Bernie Goldfine asked Adams...
...rather constantly at U.N. headquarters. The law then would move more to the forefront in the deliberations of the U.N." He added: "Let the free nations of the world agree on a plan to snuff out war among themselves before the next step of tackling Russia. Let us offer this plan for settlement of disputes under law in the courts as the free world's plan for world peace...
...Khrushchev, allegedly headed by Theoretician Mikhail Suslov. Suslov, a grim-lipped fellow adept at writing manifestoes, may indeed be swimming in trouble instead of in the Black Sea, where Khrushchev said he was. But the evidence that he is the kind of man, or has the party strength, to offer an effective power challenge to Khrushchev is thin indeed...
Adventure in Partnership. In the House of Commons, Harold Macmillan announced the British offer. Stating Britain's "obligation . . . to give a firm and clear lead out of the present deadlock." he offered an "adventure in partnership." Declared Macmillan: "Cyprus should enjoy the advantages of association not only with the United Kingdom, but also with Greece and Turkey...