Word: resentment
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Friends of Eisenhower were worried over a possible trap. How could he answer the inevitable (and legitimate) question whether he would campaign for Taft if Taft should be nominated? If he said no, Republican leaders would resent it. If he said yes, he would be promising to campaign for Taft while still a general. If he were the nominee, he could retire; but would he retire if Taft is nominated...
...come the time when General Eisenhower must leave his European command ... It may be said truthfully that many of us, be we Italian or British, sometimes resent the feeling of playing second fiddle to the U.S.A., but never have we resented General Eisenhower, for the man he is or for what he stands for . . . He leaves, we hope, for a greater destiny...
...said Tacho, "I resent being called a dictator. If I'm a dictator, I wouldn't be able to afford to leave my country...
...Mustangs, although admirable for "deck" work (lowlevel attacks), are no longer in production, and parts are hard to come by. The squadrons that fly them have had to cannibalize some of their planes in order to keep going. The pilots grouse about their dangers and difficulties, and they fiercely resent the Red sanctuaries beyond the Yalu, but they are very "tiger" (Air Force lingo meaning "eager to fight...
...after a presidential trip. In the famed Teamsters' Union speech, his master replied: "Republican leaders have not been content with attacks on me, or my wife, or my sons. No, not content with that, they now include my little dog, Fala. Well, of course, I don't resent attacks, and my family doesn't resent attacks, but Fala does resent them...