Word: strengthened
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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More and more, attention turns on the missiles race between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. Last week Defense Secretary Charles Erwin Wilson moved to strengthen the U.S. position. He appointed a topflight scientist to head the nation's missile program, then handed him the tools he will need...
...policy dictated from Washington. Already, arguments to this effect have boomerang: some Congressmen now cite unchanged neutralist foreign policies as proof that U.S. aid is valueless to this country. Mr. Dulles put the counter argument well: "Our interest will be fully served if other nations maintain their independence and strengthen their free institutions. We have no further aims than these...
Since 1951, Pibul has used his control of the legislature to consolidate and strengthen his forces in fear of Pridi's possible return to power with the aid of neighboring Chinese and Indo-China communists a la Ho Chi Minh. Pibul's cause has been considerably helped by U.S. economic and military aid which he secured after February 1950 by abandoning Thailand's traditional neutralism to recognize Bao Dai's Viet Nam government. With well over $50 million in U.S. military aid, he has built up a trained army of slightly over 50,000 men. Meanwhile, General Phao's police...
...result of a save-our-school campaign by alumni and friends, Congress opened hearings to determine the academy's status. Impressed by the record of Kings Point's well-trained graduates (all bound to eight-years' service in the Naval Reserve) and wanting to strengthen the merchant fleet, the House and Senate decided that the U.S. could ill afford to lose the school. Henceforth Kings Point cadets will be appointed by their Representatives and Senators, will know for the first time that their diplomas will be as valid as those of West Point and Annapolis. Said...
...does the U.S. strengthen its Western alliances by having the tallest basketball players or the quickest middle distance runners. "A creditable showing" consists of more than victories, and a supreme effort to win at any cost may often lead to neglect of standards of sportsmanship which more certainly than gold medals win respect from other nations...