Word: respecters
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Deep South, Walter George had fought strenuously for his principles (anti-Ku Klux Klan, pro-Tennessee Valley Authority, anti-Franklin Roosevelt's plan to pack the Supreme Court). Connecticut's Republican Senator Prescott Bush said he hoped that he might some day command the kind of respect that prompted George's wife always to call him "Mr. George." Rolled into the Senate chamber in a wheelchair, Colorado's ailing Republican Senator Eugene Millikin, who is facing a re-election battle this year, wept as he paid his brief, barely audible tribute to his colleague. Tennessee...
When it comes to General Curtis Emerson LeMay, the able, black-browed boss of the Air Force's Strategic Air Command, official Washington and official Moscow have one thing in common: they both regard him with considerable respect...
...know about the power that lies in William Friedman's uncanny knowledge of such things as biliteral codes and complicated ciphers, but even a hint as to his accomplishments has been enough to make many a thoughtful citizen gasp in awe and respect. As the nation's top cryptanalyst, i.e., breaker of secret codes, William Friedman is one of very few men in U.S. history to receive both the Medal for Merit and the National Security Medal. In 1944, he was awarded the prized War Department Commendation for Exceptional Civilian Service. Last week, with only a vague idea...
...Jerusalem, he made the point to Prime Minister Ben-Gurion: while tapping the Jordan would not be a violation of the armistice, it would flout a 1953 Security Council resolution calling on Israel to cease water diversion. He returned to the Syrians and got them to agree to respect the cease-fire as long as Israel respected Security Council resolutions. Then he wrote a letter simply affirming that all U.N. members are obliged to abide by decisions of the Security Council. Both Israeli and Syrian faces were saved...
...Cares about Money? Last week, after an absence of more than a year, Marilyn was back at work. Early in 1955 she had walked out on Hollywood. "I want some respect," she huffed at the world in general, and off she flounced to New York. Her studio bosses hastily offered her more money. "I don't care about money," she said. "I want better parts and better directors. I want to be an actress...