Word: relentlessness
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...vapor over the jungle going to vanish so soon. Every side of the dispute has a point to make, and every side will continue to make it with relentless enthusiasm until someone's bullets clear up the whole situation in the hearty manner of the old school...
...surplus was won despite the steel strike, which lopped some $500 million off expected Government income, and despite defense spending that was $225 million above estimates. Principal factors were relentless pressure on all fronts against federal spending-16 of the 22 major Government agencies spent less than anticipated-and some luck down on the farm. Bad weather at home and good demand from abroad made for lighter wheat crops and heavier cotton exports, helped cut Department of Agriculture outlays by $277 million...
...must develop a strategy for victory worthy of this most terrible testing in our nation's life." To Republican Judd, the choice in November was clear: "The man who will be nominated in this convention as our candidate will be incomparably the best qualified to deal with the relentless cold war, which we have tried our best to avoid, but which we now have no choice except...
...Bobby Kennedy, his relentless, restless campaign manager, there was almost no time at all for relaxation. An anxious friend admonished him: "You haven't rested a single minute. Is this the way it will be? Will there be this much work all the time?" Bobby, nose peeling from the sun, looked at Nantucket Sound for a wistful moment before giving his answer: "Yes." Then he turned to his worried wife Ethel: "We can rest after November...
Whooshing across the political skies for all to see last week was Jack Kennedy in his jet-propelled bandwagon. Behind him lay nearly two years of a most expert and relentless pursuit of the Democratic presidential nomination, a campaign so finely machined, so thoroughly organized, so carefully fashioned for a single purpose that professional politicians fairly mopped their brows and goggled at what they saw. Said Illinois' old political pro Jake Arvey (who could scarcely cling any longer to Adlai Stevenson's star) : "Kennedy's got this country laid out like one big switchboard. He knows what...