Word: statesmen
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...present complete absence of a council is sort of an anomaly in the Yale community which claims to mold its sons particularly as statesmen, civic leaders, and administrators. A little squadron of committees exists to handle social activities, elections, and certain class events, but the duties of each are so specific and limited that no prestige is attached to membership...
...only objectives were to defend a buffer zone south of the Yalu, and pin down the U.S. divisions.to a harsh winter war of attrition, the highly audible wails of dismay from the U.S.-from the public, which had expected the Korean war to be ended by now, and from statesmen who wanted to dispatch U.S. divisions to Europe-must have been music to Red ears...
...eight months American statesmen have devoted the better part of their time and energies to getting themselves reelected. Aspiring politicians zealously tried to prove their opponents were menaeen in whom lechery, dishonesty, opportunism, and graft were compounded...
...time that our politicians make a stab at being statesmen. Such an effort will be even more crucial when the new Congress, with its close party balance, meets in January...
...world lost one of its great statesmen and South Africa lost a powerful voice for moderation when death came in September to 80-year...