Word: standing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Waves of Doubt. When this word got to Formosa, Chiang Kai-shek seemed and sounded almost blankly uncomprehending. Said Chiang: "What Mr. Dulles is quoted as having said seems completely incompatible with our stand and does not sound like him. I cannot tell right away whether Mr. Dulles has made the remarks attributed to him for diplomatic reasons or with other purposes in mind." Chiang's Nationalist Chinese officials hurled bitter words at Americans-"betrayal," "doublecross...
Chief of Naval Operations ARLEIGH BURKE to the NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE : My fear is that too many people in the U.S. are not willing-probably because they do not understand the problem-are not willing to stand up for principles. You let one doubtful area go, then the next area becomes a little more doubtful and you become a little weaker -a little weaker in your own spirit...
...farm-subsidy program when many a Republican Congressman was yelping for Benson's scalp. After the revolution in Iraq last July, it took President Eisenhower only twelve hours to have U.S. Marines landing in Lebanon -and not even from Democratic liberals has there been any criticism that his stand on Quemoy is too weak...
...Francisco he labored out front and backstage to try to bring harmony between U.S. Senator Bill Knowland, the would-be Governor, and Governor Goodwin J. Knight, the reluctant would-be U.S. Senator, while steering clear of Knowland's lonely stand for a right-to-work...
...suggest that France would never consent to independence for Algeria, and Constantine's European settlers were cheered. But not for long. In fact, within a few minutes, the leaders of Constantine's right-wing Committee of Public Safety-seated not on the rostrum but in a stand near by-stomped out angrily. They might have helped bring De Gaulle to power, but the triumphant Premier no longer needed them...