Word: shirking
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...regret the inconvenience that all of you newsmen have suffered." Then he turned to the subject of the hour: "... I have never been more conscious of the appalling responsibilities of the office. I did not seek it. I did not want it. I am, however, persuaded that to shirk it, to evade, to decline would be to repay honor with dishonor. I shall go now to the convention hall and accept the nomination of the Democratic Party...
...Flyers who refuse to fly should be treated like all other cowards who shirk or desert. Have the wretches no manhood...
...presently planned, Eisenhower's campaign is almost unique in the history of American politics. He is taking advantage of the myth that military men are above politics to shirk one of the chief responsibilities of any campaigner for the most political of all offices. No candidate should have the privilege of picking and choosing his issues. It is surely in the national interest, and probably in his own political interest as well, for Eisenhower to speak out as soon as possible...
Today we are faced with a conflict of ideologies; the world is divided into two hostile camps. America stands at the crossroads. We must come to grips with reality. We must act swiftly and decisively, we cannot afford to repeat the mistakes of the past. America cannot shirk her duty at this critical hour; there is no turning back...
Students will pay $8 for a series ticket, Norman Shirk of the Symphony's staff announced last night. No tickets for single concerts will be sold, Shirk said, unless series tickets are left unsold. And that, he added, is unlikely...