Word: ruling
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Basis for Decision. The papers carrying that notation are the ones that President Eisenhower is least likely to question, for he knows what lies behind the Adams seal of approval. Basic to the White House staff system is the rule that no verbal assumptions are made: everything possible is put in writing for staff processing. Whenever a Cabinet member or other Government officer makes a recommendation to President Eisenhower, he is asked to submit it in writing...
...policies ... instead of taking an independent, clear-cut road, consistent with our own statements and principles." The U.S., said Van Fleet, had hurt itself seriously in Greece by appearing to support Britain and the status quo on Cyprus. Soldier Van Fleet saw no hope for a British policy of rule by force. No military base, no matter how powerful or well guarded, said he, is of much use if it stands "as an island surrounded by a hostile...
...water dropped from the point and solidified, to form the first of the islands of Japan. Izanagi and Izanami descended to the new land, married, and began to people heaven and earth. By washing his left eye, Izanagi produced the Sun Goddess, Amaterasu O-mikami. She took over the rule of heaven and passed earth over to her grandson and his descendants, the Emperors of Japan...
Russell-Made Rule. Last year he led the Dons to the N.C.A.A. title (TIME, Feb. 14). Shy and self-effacing anywhere but on a basketball court, Bill Russell played with the drive and desire of a champion. As Woolpert wanted, he specialized in defense: "If they can't shoot, they can't score," the coach told...
...teammates would purposely fire flat, fast shots that should have bounced off the backboard for sure misses, then Bill would move over, stick his big paw up like a second backboard, and tap the rebound in. The technique was so exasperating that rival coaches wrote a new "Russell rule" into the game-they widened the free-throw lane to 12 ft. so that Bill would have to stay farther out of basket-hanging range...