Word: statesmen
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...guide." Those who, after the President vetoed the gas control bill, said, "Now we know he is a candidate for reelection" have had their words flung back into their teeth. Dwight Eisenhower has again so refreshingly reminded us of the saying: Politicians look to the next election, statesmen to the next generation...
...While statesmen and would-be states men debated Communism's latest moves at the rooftop level of foreign policy last week, Attorney General Herbert Brownell brought the subject right down to lock-jimmying level where it belongs. Speaking in Dallas to a meeting of the Inter-American Bar Association, Brownell said: "The primary objective of the Communist conspiracy today is to create the illusion that it is not a conspiracy. But every shred of available evidence shows that the conspiracy is conducting business as usual, if not on an intensified scale...
...Gentlemen," said the President of the U.S. at dinner with the President of Mexico and the Prime Minister of Canada, "since our meeting here is an informal one between friends, let us dispense with toasts, and instead drink to our countries." The statesmen touched glasses and murmured, "To our countries," while across the table their foreign ministers did the same. When the glasses were lowered, Canada's External Affairs Chief Lester...
...opportunities. The trip also served the useful purpose of gaining added prestige for Kubitschek, and giving Brazilians a chance to catch their breath and reflect on what manner of man they had chosen. Even his supporters are likely to find him something of a novelty. Brazil has had generals, statesmen and intellectuals for Presidents, but never before a businessman type like Juscelino Kubitschek...
...front. Gruenther not only understands, but often startles ministers by reciting production figures of their own countries that they do not know themselves, amazes politicians by quoting election figures down to the tenth of a percentage point. As a result, he has won an admiration among European statesmen that borders on adulation. Admits one French news paper: a commander "less flexible and less informed on European politics-the short period of command by General Ridgway shows this-would have brought great peril not only to the military organization but the Atlantic alliance itself." Said able NATO Secretary-General Lord Ismay...