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...this time at the atomic summit . . . I propose that we convene this meeting at our Pacific proving ground at the island of Eniwetok, and there detonate a large thermonuclear weapon before an audience of all the peoples of the world. History has seen many dramatic events. This one might outrank them all, because the earthly destinies of mankind are bound up with the whole meaning of the event . . . Man now has the power to put an end to his own history...
...trained Greek and Korean troops, to come to Indo-China. Last winter, before the U.S. could dispatch Lieut. General John W. ("Iron Mike") O'Daniel to Indo-China as military adviser, the French broadly hinted that he be reduced to major general so that he would not outrank the French principals...
...never cheated with his evidence, and his evidence came from the secret places of the heart. Though he manhandled the English language, recalling Dreiser's powerful clumsiness, he never consciously wrote a shoddy line. On the 20th century stage, so far, only Shaw and Sean O'Casey outrank him. He failed in his ultimate goal, to go beyond the tree line of tragedy and reach the highest, noblest peaks. But few others in his day have tried to climb so high...
...chairman of Eisenhower's council will outrank the other two members, and be the only council member to sit in on presidential conferences. An "Advisory Board on Economic Growth and Stability," composed of top members of Government departments (e.g., Commerce, Labor, Agriculture), will be set up to draw plans for combating any recession and to formulate long-range economic policy. To bridge the gap between the planners and the President, Ike's own economic adviser, Gabriel Hauge, an ex-McGraw-Hill editor, will sit in on Advisory Board meetings...
...respect. From the first "chewing out" on the drill field they are prone to address him as "sir," instead of "sergeant" as they have been taught. Despite periodic admonitions, some cadets go through the first year inadvertently sirring Amolsch, unable to comprehend that on the drill field they actually outrank this holdover--or so it seems--from the barracks life of James Jones...