Word: sayings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...have enough faith in the basic health of the American economy to state that by October of this year there will be 67 million people at work, 3,000,000 more than there are today, and that unemployment will be 3,000,000 or less. And may I say to my friend George Meany: If this isn't so, George, when the October figures come out, on the steps of the Labor Department I will eat that hat you said I was talking through...
Grinned George Meany as Mitchell sat down: "You know, for a minute I thought he was going to say he would meet me in Macy's window...
...before boarding a special railway car for Italy, recorded a bitter little speech to his countrymen. It contained an odd digression. Lashing out at British "wire-pullers" almost as if the British forced him to the step, he conceded that the decision had been made "quickly-but I must say in retrospect that it was well considered and correct. My decision is intended to ensure the continuity of our policy for years to come. The position, task and work of the federal President is underestimated; it is much greater than generally believed. I would like to say that the attitude...
...think I'm going to retire to the old folks' home." Adenauer cautioned his friends. Heuss's term as President does not end till Sept. 15. Adenauer obviously intends to have a big say in choosing and counseling the next Chancellor (who will be elected by the Bundestag). He hopes to follow the example of his friend De Gaulle in influencing events from an eminence. Perhaps he will be less influential than he foresees. Bundestag President Eugen Gerstenmaier has already warned that "there must be no twisting of the constitution on any account," and others argue that...
Halfway through the radio speech in which he explained his decision to run for the presidency, der Alte suddenly lashed out at Britain. "For some time," said Adenauer, "the atmosphere toward Germany in Britain has been, one might almost say, systematically impaired . . . British attacks against De Gaulle, arising from certain differences of opinion, are keeping, I believe, within moderate limits. Only against us Germans and especially against me are these attacks being made ever more strongly...