Word: sticked
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...officials to lose faith in the U.N. I agree with Senator Knowland that a double standard on international policy may make the U.S. and the U.N. look as two-faced as the mythological Janus, but the U.N. should adopt some kind of "speak loudly and carry a big stick" policy with some of these countries which are causing it to lose prestige in the world, and which may eventually cause it to meet the same unfortunate termination which the old League of Nations...
...built up for Ben-Gurion's position. Last week the Israeli government in Jerusalem and its consulates overseas reported receiving thousands of letters of support from places as far apart as Bangkok and Bangor, Me., Stockholm and Santa Ana, Calif. Samples: "Don't surrender to Nasserism"; "Stick to your guns and positions"; "Call Ike's bluff"; "Don't give an inch"; "Stand pat"; "Hold tight...
...Lake's biography, whose critics may have nicked it (said one: "Fictionalized glorification of a tinhorn outlaw") but have riot killed it as a major sourcebook for Westerns since 1931. Says Sisk: "We've got to slice the truth pretty close to make it last, but we stick closely to the biographical details...
Another time, Dan Ullyot's terrific slap shot, probably the best in the East, broke the tip off Jones' goalie stick without scoring...
...Avoid Insult." Around and about these capabilities and problems there is gathering an acute awareness of the importance of the military-diplomatic role. "So we're the big stick," said one SAC officer. "So maybe old Dulles thinks of us when he sits down at the mahogany." And when Admiral Radford one day paraphrased Teddy Roosevelt, "Never extend a military projection beyond its capability of winning," one of his officers echoed afterwards: "Substitute 'diplomatic' for 'military' and you have a currently valid statement. In fact, you have a policy...