Word: stand
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Since Tom Dewey is still the front runner in the race for the GOPresidential nomination, his budget was scrutinized by politicos of all parties. In demanding a bigger budget and no tax cut, he had taken a stand opposite to that of Republicans in Congress, who want both a budget and tax cut. With a startling lack of political savvy, New York Democrats pounced on the Dewey budget, calling him a "champion fiscal juggler." Said the New York Times, which never rushes to overpraise Dewey: "A businesslike budget...
Senator Thomas admitted that he had ordered his broker to close out his holdings. But he was not going to let Senator Homer Ferguson's subcommittee haul him up for a public grilling. He would stand on his congressional immunity. "I'm not going to let them make a Roman holiday out of me," he said...
Back in January, 1944, the Class of '46 elected their class committee. It was a strange time to hold an election because roughly three quarters of the class was away in service, and it is even stranger that the results still stand. The committeemen were neither actually nor fairly elected, so there is no reason why they should retain their posts...
...House. Whether the bill was a fiscal masterstroke was a far more dubious and complicated question. The congressmen knew only that any tax cut is a popular thing today, even though its effects might be unfortunate and its benefits illusory. They were also aware that the bill would stand brightly on their public records, even though it probably would be successfully vetoed by the President...
...zealous in behalf of this Council....which sometimes causes him to take a more extreme view than might be regarded wise." If this chain of events led the Society into an embarrassing situation, it is guilty of becoming naively associated with men whose only apparent objection to Hart's stand is that it is untactfully "extreme." If, on the other hand, the Society was in full control of the situation, it has indicated the true nature of its sentiments...