Word: sidesteps
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...Roosevelt's promise to the nation that he had made no commitments during his Atlantic meeting with Churchill when, in fact, he had. Such binding agreements, he feels, as well as those entered into at Yalta, are inconsistent with the constitutional provision for Senate participation in foreign affairs, sidestep the duty and power of Congress (and so of the people) to determine when or whether the nation shall...
...Manhattan, the General Federation of Women's Clubs, reversing an earlier resolution, voted overwhelmingly to support the bill. An RKO-Pathe documentary movie short called "Passport to Nowhere" made a first-run appearance with a plea for U.S. compassion toward European refugees. But immigration sensitive Congressmen preferred to sidestep such a politically explosive issue. The Stratton bill was dying on the vine...
...hard way. First there were the qualifying matches, and he breezed through them; then Pancho liquidated two opponents who had been considered good enough to sidestep qualifying matches. His usual lethargic, mañana attitude was gone, replaced by a calm, white-toothed grin and a cannonball service. In the third round he met and disposed of Herbie Flam, 8-10, 8-6, 6-4. Said Pancho: "I don't think he'll ever beat me again unless he's playing especially good and I'm bad." It was a big victory for Pancho, even though...
Three chapter officers signed an opposing declaration Tuesday, including Housing Chairman John A: Quisenberry '46. Their letter expressed fear that metropolitan delegations would be Communist Party dominated, and endorsed men who have "stated decisively their position, rather than those who choose to sidestep the danger...
...Berlin, Conn., last week the Board of Education moved to sidestep the touchy issue of religion in public schools, turned down a Gideon offer of 650 New Testaments. The Gideons were unperturbed. Said one: "Our goal is to get [New Testaments] to the . . . school children in America from the fifth grade through high school. . . . We are carried by faith. . . . We've just started...