Word: periled
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Different View. "But you and I and most Americans take a different view of our peril. We know that it comes from without, not within. It must be met by quiet preparedness, not provocative speeches ... So let us not heed these counsels of fear and suspicion. Let us concentrate more on keeping enemy bombers and missiles away from our shores, and less on keeping neighbors away from our shelters. Let us devote more energy to organizing the free and friendly nations of the world, with common trade and strategic goals, and less energy to organizing armed bands of civilian guerrillas...
...Eliminate the present "peril-point" clause, which sets a minimum tariff below which the domestic industry involved is held to be endangered...
...relative. While Khrushchev may seem soft to Peking, he appears exceedingly hard elsewhere. These terms are, ultimately, only labels for different strategies aimed at the same end: the overthrow of capitalism, the triumph of Communism. That is a simple but important fact that the West cannot disregard without peril, in dealing with the men who rule one-third of the earth's people...
Criticism Is Not Enough. It is not enough, said the President, for the college-educated to lend their talents to deploring present solutions. "Was John Milton to conjugate Greek verbs in his library when the liberty of Englishmen was in peril?'' Prince Bismarck found, the President recalled, that 'one-third of the students of German universities broke down from overwork. Another third broke down from dissipation, and the other third ruled Germany.' " Kennedy left it for each student to choose his third...
...dead issue and Alabama's Congressmen would have to run at large in the 1962 election. Despite their years of service, none of the nine has a statewide reputation; all, as a result, would stand in danger of losing. The nine men themselves were acutely aware of the peril. Warned Albert Rains, a nervous veteran of 17 years on Capitol Hill and a specialist on public housing: "We've got almost 200 years of seniority wrapped up among us. That's a big investment for the people of Alabama to throw away...