Word: sooner
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...approve completely what has been done," said New Hampshire's Styles Bridges, long a sharp-tongued critic of Administration foreign policy. Sage old Charles Eaton, top Republican of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, agreed: "We've got a rattlesnake by the tail and the sooner we pound its damn head in, the better." Added Virginia's Democrat Harry Byrd, leader of the Dixie dissenters, "This is a time for unity, as we must...
...staring people. He began to regain his appetite, soon was consuming 22 Ibs. of fruit, bread and milk. Last week he was able to get up and count the house. Veterinarians decided that Bushman, though enfeebled, might live on for months, or even years. But even if he died sooner, there was no doubt that Bushman would die happy...
Among the report's recommendations to give the gifted their due: 1) more testing to identify ability sooner; 2) more challenging study, especially in languages, mathematics and history; 3) more personal counseling; 4) more scholarships; 5) more "character education." The commission was not sure just how character education was to be taught, but, certain of the need, it warned: "Able and educated leaders who lack character are dangerous, for they may use their abilities for selfish or antisocial ends...
Said Fuchs after the effort: "Sooner or later someone will throw it 60 feet. I hope I'm the one." His post-graduation plans now that he has his degree in sight (A.B., Sociology major) include competition for the New York Athletic Club, then a shot at the 1952 Olympics. Said perfectionist Shot-putter Fuchs, rubbing a tender index finger: "If I were satisfied now, I'd never get any better...
...sooner had McCarthy popped off than Equitable's President Thomas I. Parkinson objected to the story. McCarthy representatives had been in to see him, said Parkinson, but "the stories . . . that readjustments have been made and additional loans granted are inaccurate." Metropolitan Life had nothing to say at all. Apologized McCarthy: "I thought we were all three in agreement. [The] $6,000,000 was my own estimate . . . I am sorry I offended Mr. Parkinson and certainly had no intention of doing so, but wanted my creditors to know that it would not be long before everyone had his money...