Word: shortly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...forehead deeply furrowed, his mood somber as he alighted from an Air Force Constellation at Washington National Airport in a cold and soaking rain. "This is some weather," he growled to his military and naval aides, hankering back to the vacation he had just cut short in sunny Thomasville, Ga. As he sped off downtown to the White House, Ike huddled down into his tan raincoat, reached often into his left coat pocket for a handkerchief, breaking out every now and then into a hacking cough...
...Exert Pressure." Carefully Ike repeated Dulles' point about double standards: it was simply not possible to apply heavy sanctions to Russia short of war, and in any event a law-minded nation such as Israel could hardly be regarded in the same light as Russia. If Egypt violates the armistice agreement, it "should be dealt with firmly by the society of nations." As he drove home his points, however, Ike rarely moved far from his central theme: "The United Nations must not fail," he said, looking directly into the cameras. "I believe that in the interests of peace...
...months, urged on by his personal pilot and Air Force aide, Lieut. Colonel Bill Draper, but at first actively opposed by the Secret Service (which had similar objections before Ike began to use two-engined instead of four-engined planes for short hauls), the President has wanted to beat his traffic problem by using a helicopter to take him directly from the White House to the airport-and even as far as his Gettysburg farm. The White House last week announced that Ike had given the green light for helicopter test flights to and from the White House...
...Virtually clinch the Crimson's fourth consecutive Ivy League title (one short of Dartmouth's record of five...
...WHRB's transmission wires was short-circuited by the fire, along with the other electrical wiring in Dudley. But regular transmission to the entire College was reestablished by 1:20 p.m., according to Loren L. Wyss '58, president of WHRB...