Word: statesmanly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Giant Step. Kefauver donned the statesman's mantle at Los Angeles' Occidental College, blamed many a world problem on "our failure to stand up fair and square on the issue of colonialism." He, too, was concerned about the Middle East: "We delayed too long in seeking not just a cease-fire but a general settlement in the area. We waited long enough for the Soviet Union, with its offers of arms and economic aid, to become a party of interest in the Middle East . . . Thus, by our inaction, we have permitted the Soviet Union to take another giant...
Among the statesman's most noted publications are "Tomorrow Without Fear," published in 1946, and his latest book, "New Dimensions For Peace...
Toasting Nehru as "the outstanding statesman of our epoch," Mikoyan said: "Certain aggressive circles have as their slogan, 'Let us arm,' but we say, 'Let us trade.' The steel mill we are building for you is an example of peaceful competition with the Western countries. Let our Indian friends be the judges...
...West Russia," he replied. This picture, which purports to be based on the life of the young Genghis Khan, carries a strong suggestion that, to Hollywood's way of thinking, Mongolia is in the western U.S. The part of the "Perfect Warrior"-a man who became a supreme statesman and lawgiver as well as the most formidable military genius in Asiatic history-is played by Hollywood's best-known cowboy, John Wayne. And does he gallop across the steppe, as the young Temujin did, on a hairy little Mongol pony? You bet your yurt he doesn...
...Stevenson was the daring young man on a political trapeze; in 1956 he has too often sounded like a prematurely elder statesman. In 1952 the backroom boys eyed him skeptically; now he has been maneuvered into the role of Democratic regular, identified with the record of indecision, inertia and total surrender compiled by Democratic Senate Leader Lyndon Johnson. On matters ranging from civil rights to the gas giveaway, Stevenson lowered his voice to the point of inaudibility; the effectiveness of his thrusts against the Administration has been dimmed by his tacit apologia for the Democratic record...