Word: stronge
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...baffled as they were, and as unprepared as they were, they were still determined to know a lot more about the details of how Lilienthal had been running his atomic empire. The trick would be to strengthen what was weak in AEC without weakening all that was strong...
...years were reluctant to bet on what seemed to be a sure loser. Then Louis Johnson stepped in, raised enough money ($1,500,000) to pay for Harry Truman's whistle-stop campaign. Some of the men on whom Johnson put the bite were longtime Democrats; some were strong for one plank or another in Harry Truman's platform; some simply found it good business to be on good terms with the Administration (as others were supporting the G.O.P. for the same reason). Whatever their motives, Harry Truman-who puts great store by such things-has reason...
...Central Committee and a state senator. A Pauley man, Luckey was a good contributor, stuck with Truman while Jimmy Roosevelt flirted with Eisenhower and Douglas. Since the election Luckey has been fit to bust out of his cowboy boots, told a Democratic meeting recently that the state needed "a strong man for governor" who can "walk into Washington, and to the White House, and demand things for his state without being embarrassed...
...Army is getting ready to pull out of Korea by the end of next month. The 7,500 occupation troops will be transferred to Japan, Hawaii and the U.S. Withdrawal raises the uneasy question of South Korea's future; its U.S.-sponsored government faces a strong Communist regime which the Red army left behind when it withdrew last December from the area north of the 38th parallel. To allay South Korean jitters, the U.S. Army is leaving a large part of its equipment, including arms, ammunitions and transports, to the young South Korean army...
...strong department will almost invariably fight a corporation rejection, the young scholars know. Therefore the young men in these departments have very little fear of being refused an appointment on groundless charges. They know their department will demand to know the charges and will help fight any injustice...