Word: posts
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...although he has received more criticism from more directions than any other Cabinet member. Ezra Taft Benson was, in many ways, the very man to embody the idea of the Eisenhower crusade. In 1952, Eisenhower tried to give religious character to his campaign. A perfect choice for a Cabinet post was a man who was obviously religious, one of the highest officers of the Mormon Church. The American press received Benson quite favorably. His religious character, his impeccable family life, and his personal wholesomeness made a favorable impression on the American public...
Herter, a member of the Massachusetts Governor's Council, claimed that Russia's obvious superiority in missile developments is due to the fact that the Democrats did "absolutely nothing" on the missile program during the post-war years 1947-1953. The Russians, on the other hand, were involved in an intensive missile program by 1947, Herter told the Harvard Eisenhower Club...
...shall survive," said the Spirit of Rock 'n' Roll. "We shall survive despite the Sunday morning rock 'n' rollers, the disc jockey post mortems, and the third rate flicks. Despite Lawrence Welk and Lester Lanin. Despite the amateur sociologists and their 'adolescent subcultures...
When the shiny horn tootled First Call, only three thoroughbreds trotted to the post: that sprinting fool, Bold Ruler, back in shape after a bout with heart trouble; the handsome bay, Round Table, riding high on an eleven-straight winning string; and the controversial colt, Gallant Man, who lost the Derby by a dirty nose. Between them they had already earned nearly $1,500,000; now they were after a piddling $82,350. But the money didn't matter. The winner of last week's race at New Jersey's Garden State track would be America...
...Cassidy, who retired. After graduating from Rutgers ('16) and working for two New Jersey manufacturers, he joined Johns-Manville in 1923 as superintendent of the asphalt-roofing department in its Waukegan, Ill. plant, soon moved to the managerial side as production executive, in 1951 became president (a post he will retain). Since the end of World War 11 the company has invested more than $200 million in expansion, next year will open new plants in Oregon, California, Texas and Mississippi, partly on the strength of a 2% rise in sales so far this year...