Word: schemed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...These are only some of the issues. And to these must now be added a new issue-whether we are to permit a fundamental revision of the role of the President in the U.S. and in our scheme of things. This is not the question of President Eisenhower's health, but of the nature and stature of the presidency in our system...
...week reputable union leaders who fear Hoffa's influence on the U.S. labor movement had reason to hope that the tough little man from Detroit had finally overreached himself. In New York a fierce rearguard action by Hoffa opponents threatened to throw into the courts Hoffa's scheme for seizing control of the Joint Council; the Hoffa-I.L.A. pact was temporarily stymied. None of this seemed to abash Jimmy Hoffa, a man who has survived the assaults of congressional investigations, the courts and rival union leaders. "Jimmy Hoffa," says Jimmy, "can take care of himself...
...poetry in this issue is not all obscure. John Hollander's songs, sung by a picaresque hero called Dick Dongworth, are the most notable contribution. Hollander combines a slight air of humor and intense irony to good effect. He varies his rhyme scheme to fit the special tone of each poem, and his rhythm fails only at one point in the last song. Less monumental, but equally effective, is "In Rainwoods," written by an anonymous poet, blasphemously dubbed Sam Hall. The rainwoods contain soft red leopards and a girl and a great sense of wonder...
Motives aside, Eisenhower as President has shown that when he does take personal control over foreign affairs, his creative leadership is apparent. The Atoms-for-Peace plan, the Geneva Conference, and the scheme for mutual aerial inspection have all shown that the President when he chooses, is his own best Secretary of State. Indeed, at one critical point, Eisenhower had to side-step both the Vice President and Foster Dulles to prevent U.S. troops from fighting a hopeless defense of Indo-china...
What he found was a simple-minded materialism-human beings were atoms in a cruel and incomprehensible cosmic scheme. There was always, as he ends one story called Free, "the innate cruelty of life, its blazing ironic indifference." The same theme runs through other stories...