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Word: prospect (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...which Minnesota's Republican Representative Walter Judd, onetime medical missionary in China, urged the West to do its utmost to help refugees from Communist aggression. "Every refugee who comes out,-". said Judd, "is a vote for our society and a vote against their society." ¶ Avoided the strong prospect of having an Eisenhower veto overridden for the first time during his Administration by signing a railroad retirement bill ($150 to $200 million more annual benefits) that he and most of his advisers (Budget

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Close to Home | 6/1/1959 | See Source »

...Democratic patriarch turned to the patriarchal guest of honor. Said House Speaker Sam Rayburn, 77, to Harry Truman: "Let me drop you downtown." From that offer came a political compact, soon whispered among Democratic professionals, that, with a wild scramble for the Democratic presidential nomination in prospect for next year, could become one of the most important political developments...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEMOCRATS: The Texas-Missouri Compact | 6/1/1959 | See Source »

MASSACHUSETTS' Senator Jack Kennedy, front runner in all the polls, is (in the Truman-Rayburn view) too young (42), with the massive additional handicap of being a Roman Catholic. But Truman and Rayburn agreed that Kennedy is a top prospect for second spot on any ticket...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEMOCRATS: The Texas-Missouri Compact | 6/1/1959 | See Source »

...government decides not to wait out that slim prospect, the R.C.A.F. is ready with three choices of aircraft, narrowed from an international list: Grumman's F11F-1F Super Tiger, Republic's F-105 Thunderchief and France's Dassault Mirage III. Whatever the choice, Ottawa would insist that Toronto's idle Avro plant be licensed to make it in Canada...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CANADA: The $400 Million Question | 6/1/1959 | See Source »

Bevington is seemingly undisturbed about the prospect of living in a dorm with 110 girls. He and his wife have served as tutor affiliates of Moors and are a familiar sight at Tuesday night dinner. "The more we go, the more at home we feel," he noted...

Author: By Martha E. Miller, | Title: The Bevingtons of Moors Hall | 6/1/1959 | See Source »

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