Word: shortly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...free world-had become cliches, wrung dry of meaning from reiterated challenge, reiterated response. Last week some of the deep meaning of this high-minded, unprecedented, costly U.S. experiment came to life in terms of people, fears, hopes and dramatic ambitions. It was brought to life by a short, black-haired man in a double-breasted suit who landed at the Washington airport in the presidential Columbine III and got a personal greeting from Dwight Eisenhower...
...Short of War. Ike was in no mood for compromise next day when he addressed by telephone hookup a meeting of Southern Republicans at Louisville. He offered brief praise for a worthy accomplishment; i.e., the G.O.P. national ticket last fall carried 44 of the South's 57 most populous counties. But this was not enough. "Unfortunately," lectured the chief of the party, "we did not have candidates in 65 of the 114 congressional districts last year. I suggest as one of your goals for 1958 the correction of this situation." Another goal: to understand the nature of the controversy...
When Segni took office, the four-party coalition which had dominated Italy since 1953 was falling apart. Wispy-white-maned Antonio Segni, who looks like a Shakespearean bit-player on short rations, seemed the last man in the world to repair it. To everyone's surprise, he promptly staged one of the most skillful displays of dosaggio (division of offices among rival factions) in postwar Italian history, not only revived the coalition but even managed to push through Parliament a series of overdue measures...
...influenza epidemic was at its height, and almost every man in the two companies of Students Army Training Corps recruits at Utah's Mormon Brigham Young University had the dreaded fever. Among them was Private Ernest Wilkinson-a short (5 ft. 5 in.), devout and dedicated boy who was then in his sophomore year at B.Y.U. As he prayed for recovery, young Wilkinson made a vow: If he lived, he would "do something great for the Lord's university...
...curls north across the Apennines was used by Benito Mussolini as a monument to Benito Mussolini. Having made his trains run on time, the Duce was determined to prove the quality of his roads. For Fons, 28, the race was simply a chance to prove his hard-earned skills. Short years ago the dark-skinned Spanish nobleman was known for his heavy-foot driving, the careless speed that sent his cars tumbling off the track as often as they finished. Now he knew better. He had learned that every stretch of road, every curve has its optimum speed, that...