Word: prompting
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...thought it better," said he, "to speak in general terms of the action we should take in the event of a breach of the truce, and I used the words 'prompt, resolute and effective.' I do not believe they were bad words to use. Certainly . . . they are better than 'tardy, timid and fatuous.'" He had made, he added, to the obvious relief of his listeners, "no final commitment...
...Chiang Kai-shek on Formosa. Churchill's speech before Congress (see below) put a sharp new firmness in the British outlook. By praising the U.S. stand in Korea and Formosa, by promising "increasing harmony" in the Anglo-American Far Eastern policy, and finally by warning the Communists of "prompt, resolute and effective" retaliation should a Korean truce be broken, the Prime Minister brought Washington and London into dramatic, forceful alignment. It was a bold gesture of leadership that he would have to defend before Parliament...
Then, he repeated Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden's warning to Peking and Moscow (TIME, Jan. 21). Said Churchill: "Our two countries are agreed that if the truce we seek is reached, only to be broken, our response will be prompt, resolute and effective...
...this into effect, Congress must not only amend the Selective Service Act, but also enact the UMST program it adopted "in principle" last year. Because Army demands are due to grow--and with them the confusion inherent in the present system--a prompt beginning on some program of universal pre-college service is essential...
Harris' group wrote that "The diseases of the textile industry in New England are urgent enough to require prompt diagnosis and remedial measures should be proposed at the earliest possible moment." The committee did not make any specific proposals for action other than investigation and fact-finding...