Word: stood
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Fiscal solvency concerns us all," said Lyndon Johnson. "It is a first concern, for no course is honest without the courage of financial prudence. But we cannot afford to bankrupt the national conscience to serve the ends of political bookkeeping." He assured the U.S. that he and his party stood ready to save it from a Government marked by "a deficit of vigor, a deficit of confidence, and a deficit of will...
...mustered against the same programs for 17 years. He did not flinch. "Damn you, you've got to be with us on this one," he twanged at reluctant colleagues. "The President needs your support-and so do I." Many an Administration measure squeaked through because the vigilant Halleck stood in the House well on close votes, collected from errant Republicans for past favors rendered and future favors promised...
...plotted a surprise scheme to elect South Dakota's Karl Mundt to be party whip instead of California's Tommy Kuchel-thus take back the one top party post (out of four) that Bridges had offered the liberals as a compromise. But even as Kansas' Schoeppel stood to spring the Mundt nomination. Bridges genially drifted around the caucus table, switched just enough probable Mundt votes to elect Kuchel by exactly the same margin he had given Dirksen...
Amid the rolling hills of Vallecitos, Calif., the domed buildings stood bizarre and unexpected, like monstrous silver derbies tossed away by a giant. Even more bizarre was the scene inside. Over two pools of dark green water hovered a pair of white-clad men, intently fishing into the depths with a long grappling pole. Directed by a loudspeaker, they dipped again and again, snaring silver-colored bars of uranium 235 from the bottom of one pool and guiding them gently into the other. As they did, a gauge of amber-colored numbers shot up and up. Near by, another figure...
...happy blend of year-end confidence and year-opening optimism brought a new high for the stock market last week. When the closing gong ended trading on Dec. 31. the Dow-Jones industrial average stood at an alltime record of 583.65. The year's gain in dollar value of the more than 5 billion shares traded on the New York Stock Exchange was the largest in the Big Board's 166-year history, rising to about $275 billion from $196 billion at the end of 1957. Stock Exchange transactions totaled 747,058,306, the largest volume since...