Word: path
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Open Path. Against this background of alarm and recrimination, President Eisenhower spoke out in a calm and calming appraisal of the summit collapse. "In evaluating the results," he said in a televised speech to the nation, "I think we must not write the record all in red ink." The summit had brought about a strengthening of Western unity. "The conduct of our allies was magnificent. My colleagues and friends -President de Gaulle and Prime Minister Macmillan-stood sturdily with the American delegation...
...said the President, "must continue businesslike dealings with the Soviet leaders on outstanding issues, making clear that the path of reason and common sense is still open if the Soviets will but use it." Long ago, he went on, he had pledged that he would "journey anywhere in the world to promote the cause of peace. I remain pledged to pursue a peace of dignity, of friendship, of honor, of justice...
...gave the U.S. a chance to discuss with equal candor the massive problem of getting adequate intelligence about the vast Communist nations. The Soviet dictatorship keeps its secrets-even from its own citizens-by the classic techniques of a police state. Travel is restricted, and foreigners off the beaten path are spied on. No news of even an air crash ever appears in the Soviet press unless the Kremlin wants it there; no stories of new weapons or defense plants are ever told by Moscow's radio commentators unless there is a propaganda motive. Secrecy not only enables Khrushchev...
...glance, Vice President Richard Nixon seemed to be a man enviably in command of his own immediate political situation. He was the unchallenged contender for the Republican presidential nomination, with the blessing of the man he hopes to succeed in the White House. No doubtful primary elections impeded his path of progress toward the Republican National Convention in July; no serious rivals for his party's top honor stood in his way. But last week, twelve weeks before the convention, Dick Nixon's command of the situation was a questionable honor: it left him fighting almost single-handed...
...eight-day visit to the U.S. in earnest, austere praise: "Seeing you, I have seen the truly superior value of a regime of freedom. I leave convinced that it suffices if free people remain firm, wise, and united to lead the world in the path of good sense and peace...