Word: reston
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...drawer New York Times political reporter and analyst James Reston yesterday found his usual procedure reversed as he answered questions fired at him by members of the Adams House Discussion Group...
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles is "hepped" on the idea of having something to fill the gap between the Voice of America and the American army, Reston said. Thus he apparently wants to take the initiative not just within our own sphere of influence, but within the Iron Curtain countries as well...
...allies are generally confused as to whether we are following a policy of containment, liberation or destruction of Communism. Reston opined that the government is not try in to destroy Communism per se, and cannot reconcile a policy of liberation with the "enlightened self-interest" of the United States...
James ("Scotty") Reston, the New York Times's diplomatic correspondent, had written out four polite questions in mid-December, had shown them to his Wash ington bureau chief, Pundit Arthur Krock, and then sent them around to the Soviet embassy with a covering letter. Reston had tried this system before with no luck, so he had no qualms about going off to Florida for a Christmas vacation. On Christmas Eve, his office tracked him down in St. Petersburg to relay a message: call the Russian embassy. Reston did, and the Christmas morning Times, in five-column headlines, accompanied...
...Stevenson, seven for Ike, six undecided. Nevertheless, relations between Stevenson and reporters were not always rosy. He has held only five press conferences since his nomination, prefers to make his policy statements in speeches without questioning from the press. Complained the New York Times's James Reston: "In short, he was nominated without any campaigning and he is now campaigning without answering many questions." While Stevenson mixes pleasantly with reporters on campaign trains, the standing rule is that at such times there must be no political talk...