Word: stay
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...quit? There was no gracious or easy way, either for McNamara or the President, to arrange the order of his going. A firm request from the Chief to stay on, probably half expected by McNamara, would have settled things; but it never came. From the President's viewpoint, McNamara's reasons for wanting to leave were sound. Tactical political considerations dictated that the closer to Election Day the resignation occurred, the more serious its impact...
...side was there a disposition to rush matters. It was last April 18 that George Woods, the World Bank president, whose term expires Dec. 31, sounded McNamara out about taking over the job. McNamara went to Johnson with the idea, said he was interested but added that he would stay at the Pentagon as long as Johnson wanted him there. "You can have anything you want," Johnson responded...
...Viet Nam in 1951 (then Indo-China):We must learn how to suffer and not let go of Asia. We must stay in Korea and stay in Indo-China. It is possible to leave but these are solutions of defeat. For my part, I do not accept them...
...Rayson Craft opened up a 6-mi. lead; then, with an hour and a half to go, Mike took over. It was eventful: the boat's dashboard collapsed, and Reagan had to prop it up with one hand while he steered with the other. He still managed to stay in front. Zipping across the finish line, Reagan won his first outboard race at an average speed of 59.4 m.p.h...
...hands," says SOS Treasurer Robert Izzi, "and we were so emotionally keyed up that when the announcement keeping us open did come through, we started singing The Impossible Dream." That dream, to be sure, still has a deadline: a $3,500,000 transfusion is needed if K.S.C. is to stay open for five more years. But the college's undaunted students have no doubt that they can raise the money. They are already planning another fund-raising project. As for the University of Louisville, which was beaten out of its merger, it is on a financial treadmill itself...