Word: soft
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...many of its old weaknesses. Though it has to its credit the improvement of transport and communications lines between its Middle Eastern members, CENTO still has no unified military command; the real muscle guarding the Northern Tier is supplied by the bilateral U.S. treaties. And CENTO still has a soft spot in Iran, where Russian pressure alternates between threats and blandishments in an effort to force Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi into the neutralist path...
...Columbia offense is no soft touch. Quarterback Tom Vassell, the offensive leader in the Ivy League, and end Bob Federspiel, one of the most feared pass receivers in the League, make a dangerous combination. Vassell has accounted for 269 yards with his throwing and Federspiel scared the Elis enough for them to put two men on him. At left half will be Don Savini, extremely fast and just as lethal to the outside as Brookins...
With the U.S., under a Republican Administration, preparing to talk turkey with Red leaders, the political opportunity is obvious for Democrats to stake out a position from which they can, if things go sour, charge the G.O.P. with being "soft on Communism." Yet no Democratic presidential candidate in his prudence would ever get that far out on such a limb; Dwight Eisenhower's prestige is too great and, what is more, things might turn out far from sour. That being the case, the party position-staking last week was left to a Democrat who is not running...
...Soft. Bob Anderson had other complaints. European nations and Japan, said he, are not doing their share to bear the cost of help to the world's underdeveloped nations; they should take over a greater share of the burden from the U.S. To this end Anderson had a pet U.S. project on hand: the establishment of an International Development Association (TIME, Aug. 19) to lend to underdeveloped nations from funds contributed by nations now belonging to the World Bank. The loans would be made on more liberal terms than the World Bank...
...last day of the season, the Giants blew it; they lost to the Cardinals, 2-1. But in Chicago, the Dodgers' jug-eared Pitcher Craig was the soul of self-assurance ("I'm not cocky-I'm confident"), threw his soft stuff at the Cubs for four innings, then switched to his fastball to win 7-1. But the Braves stayed alive more because of Phillies' boners than their own skills...