Word: old
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Decisive." Next morning Ike and Adenauer entered into their "formal" talks; actually, they were warmly informal. The U.S. President and the West German Chancellor kept interrupting one another like old friends. Ike was hugely amused when he put on the earphones over which simultaneous translations were to be made, and got only static; West German Ambassador to U.S. Wilhelm Grewe had dripped fruit juice onto the wiring, causing a short circuit. Eisenhower more than satisfied Adenauer that he was not about to bargain away West Germany's rights in his talks with Khrushchev, that he meant rather to convince...
...seemed to many Congressmen at the end of the 1958 session that the man most likely to succeed Texas' 77-year-old Sam Rayburn as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives was Arkansas' courtly, bass-voiced Wilbur Daigh Mills. With his combination of brains, earnestness and Southern charm. Mills was liked and respected on both sides of the aisle. Two years ago, at 48, he became the youngest chairman in the history of Congress' most important committee, tax-writing Ways & Means, and he showed promise of being a great one. He already knew more about...
Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon Johnson, another old Navyman, added his cool counsel to Nixon's, and the mood of the convention changed. The Legion's high command hastily redrafted its resolution. In the final, milder version, there was no criticism of Ike, and the Legion merely "counseled" the U.S. public to be alert, accepting "the Russian Premier's visit with that dignity common only to free men while holding fast to the thought and determination there will be no compromise . . ." After approving the resolution by acclamation, the Legion proceeded to elect its new national chairman: Martin Boswell...
...Though old Amana colonists view with sadness the passing of stern piety, they have no regrets for having forsaken communism-for Amana learned years ago the bitter lesson that other millions are learning today. "Communism," says Leader Moershel, "wasn't practical...
Robert C. Lockwood, a 41-year-old Miami insurance adjuster, had tax troubles. The Internal Revenue Service claimed he owed $415.69 in back taxes. Lockwood insisted he owed nothing. The collectors put on the pressure, and Lockwood, like many another before him, buckled. He signed a waiver permitting the Government to attach his paycheck. Said he: "I just gave up. I'm a little guy. I didn't figure I could fight the Government...