Word: summiteer
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Hope, Not Expectation. As the summit was approached, the men who will meet there were clarifying their objectives (see box). Said the Soviet Union's Bulganin: "The lessening of tension should be the aim of this conference." Said Britain's Sir Anthony Eden: "It is reasonable to look for real, if modest, progress." The President of the U.S. was more cautious. "We ... go there with very hopeful attitudes," said Dwight Eisenhower, "but that hope has got to have greater food on which to nourish itself before it can become anything like expectation...
...Parley at the Summit will have no fixed agenda, but both sides will arrive in Geneva with a well-defined set of objectives. On the eve of the conference the basic outline of these objectives is clear...
...topic of the Parley at the Summit will be disarmament-symbol of the worldwide yearning for peace...
During the weekend, Major John Eisenhower, his wife and their three children arrived from Fort Belvoir, Va. for a family reunion at the farm-the last before the President, accompanied by the First Lady, departs for Geneva and next week's Parley at the Summit...
...Announced that he would address the nation Friday night at 8:15 E.D.T. on the national radio-TV networks. Subject: his "hopes for accomplishment" at the Parley at the Summit...