Word: suspected
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...shall be a candidate for the Democratic nomination for President next year," Stevenson began. And then, typically, he ad-libbed: "which I suspect is hardly a surprise." The heart of his statement gave his reasons for seeking the nomination: "In the first place, I believe it is important for the Democratic Party to resume the executive direction of our national affairs. Second, I am assured that my candidacy would be welcomed by representative people in and out of my party throughout the country. Third, I believe any citizen should make whatever contribution he can to search for a safer, saner...
Morocco's nationalists had been happy to use him in exile as a symbol; the question now was whether they were prepared to accept him in person, or would find him too pliant and suspect him of being manipulated by the French. That unanswered question moderated their welcome...
...Britain's House of Commons, it is often good politics to make a show of courting unpopularity: members are inclined to suspect any attempt to be popular as evidence of bad taste. Last week Tory Chancellor of the Exchequer Richard A. ("Rab") Butler remembered good politics as he rose, white-faced and grim, to defend himself against a Labor censure motion condemning him for "incompetence and neglect." The week before, Butler had been scourged by Labor's ambitious Hugh Gaitskell, a former Chancellor himself, who demanded that Butler resign (TIME, Nov. 7). Now Butler set out to defend...
Sutherland unequivocally stated that his assistants are completely loyal. "It is ridiculous to suspect these people of being anything else but loyal and patriotic," he said...
Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, another philosophic piece, was touched only by tedium. The setting is a desolate swamp where for eternity two hoboes talk about how bored they are. They are waiting, as you might suspect, for Godot, a nobleman who will bring salvation from their misery. During the evening, three symbols of humanity stroll past, Godot never appears and the dialogues about boredom become more persuasive by the minute. Even allowing for the innovations in technique, I found Godot on evening of baggy-pants comedy and penny-dreadful philosophy with little power, wit, or charm...