Word: periodic
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...James Banner, Princeton University: "His Administration was a period of drift rather than mastery. There was a social revolution occurring, and Eisenhower was not aware of it. He left it to Kennedy and Johnson, who came almost too late. At the same time, it was Eisenhower and only Eisenhower who struck out at the military-industrial complex. That was the high point of his presidency...
...most significant accomplishment. It is what made it possible for Kennedy and Johnson to move forward. If one of the right-wing group had been elected, Kennedy and Johnson would have had to spend a lot of time recouping. With the Eisenhower years as a plateau and a period of consolidation, it was possible to move forward in the Kennedy-Johnson years...
...Link, Princeton University, editor of the papers of Woodrow Wilson: "Hemmed in, hobbled by a lifetime of experience in the Army, Mr. Eisenhower never really came to grips with the basic problems of presidential leadership. Still, historians will be generous to him. He did, at the end of a period of extreme political turmoil and bitterness, bring to the presidential office something of an irenic quality that enabled him to effect a healing of wounds and a reconciliation of the leadership of both parties...
Less formal discussions, however, have been held. Israeli Deputy Premier Yigal Allon held three secret meetings with Hussein between Sept. 25 and 29 in London. Eban was present at one of these sessions. At one point in this period, Allon also met fruitlessly with Egyptian Foreign Minister Mahmoud Riad. It is likely that Eban and Hussein held more private discussions in London in October and January...
Hopkins University estimates that it takes only two or three paint chips a day, over a three-month period, to cause severe illness and perhaps induce a life-threatening coma...