Word: prospect
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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What then? The U.S. has learned that Communists must be pinned down on details. Endless custody of prisoners without prospect of liberation, said State, would be a form of coercion; therefore, the U.S. "cannot . . . create a situation where such persons are offered no alternative to repatriation other than indefinite captivity or custody." Those who like might call this haggling; the U.S. thought it was the heart of the matter...
...NEWS), contained several boobytraps. Item: with two Communist-controlled members (Poland and Czechoslovakia) and one other nation (India) which inclines to share Red China's view of the war, the commission's membership would be loaded against the allies. Item: the U.N. Command was appalled at. the prospect of Polish and Czechoslovak troops (i.e., Communists) forming 40% of the strength of the "neutral" guard protecting the rights of the prisoners who do not want to return to Communist control. Item: the Communists still insisted that any prisoners who fail to succumb to Communist persuasion would be left...
...seems that Griswold has finally made his decision to join Harvard in a football policy which has for so many years been advocated by Provost Buck. Griswold's alter ego Hall, who represented the N.C.A.A. position, is gone, and the prospect of an enlightened Ivy League seems a lot brighter. Harvard's decision yesterday not to sign the N.C.A.A. television agreement is another important move toward a practical football policy. One cannot de-emphasize football, and at the same time play it for revenue. The N.C.A.A. agreement was merely a business move which kept the necessary big time football apparatus...
Chairman. To replace General Omar N. Bradley, 60, the top prospect is Admiral Arthur William Radford, 57, naval aviator and commander of the Pacific Fleet...
...subject of warm speculation. In 1951, Dewey said that he had "no expectation of ever running for public office again." Last week, all he would say was that he has "no political plans." Possibly, Tom Dewey, who is still young enough (51) to be a presidential prospect in 1956 or even 1960, has made up his mind to run for governor again in 1954 to keep in the running for the presidential nomination...