Word: rejects
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...crack. They'll say: 'How can we duck that sonofabitch Kefauver?' They think he's a Boy Scout, but they know he's got vote appeal . . . We will point out that the Republicans slapped down their machine bosses, and the Democrats have to reject boss rule too. The bosses in our party are smart enough to see that and get aboard...
...Hewlett Johnson, the Red Dean of Canterbury, whose journeys usually leave a foamy wake of Communist propaganda, finished a tour of Red China with the announcement: "No longer can Christians reject the germ warfare stories as propaganda...
...told friends that he is not sure whether Harry Truman's support would really be an asset to him (Truman was promptly informed of these remarks). This week Stevenson told reporters that if the Democratic Party attempted to draft him, he would "feel free to accept or reject" such a move. But Truman's annoyance does not mean that he would oppose Stevenson if he decides...
Eisenhower defined the ultimate goal of his policy as creation of enough U.S. strength so that the Russians will accept peace and disarmament in their own self-interest. "We reject all talk of preventive war-there is no such thing. Live men and happy families-not synthetic doves-are the symbols of our purpose." Ike assured his listeners: "My fellow Americans, this can be done . . . Faced with momentous issues, confronting great danger, it is not in our American character to fail. We will not fail...
...Merle Miller, the New Republic: "Surely a great many of Mr. Chambers' readers will reject his terrifying, his demeaning thesis...