Word: swift
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...human problems. Although union organizers denounced him, Crawford regarded himself is an old-fashioned liberal, who distrusted any encroachment on his freedom including unions. "The more each person can take care of himself," says Crawford "the stronger we'll be." He rewarded sensible suggestions from his workers, made swift promotions of promising men. He set up pensions, medical dispensaries, provided good food in company restaurants at cheap prices. He talked with workers to get their gripes, often made shop addresses to keep them informed. In such talks Crawford likes to call the company "an Ol' Brown Hen," which...
With weeping fits, fainting spells, petulant threats to resign, and swift strokes of summary statesmanship, Iran's Premier Mossadegh for nearly two turbulent years had manipulated all before him-the Parliament, the popular will, and the earnest but weak Shah. Last week, the young (33) Shah of Shahs spilled some tears himself, and it was fanatical old Mohammed Mossadegh who had to gasp for breath and fight for his political life...
...generalissimo swept into the headquarters building with outriders brushing reporters and newsreel photographers out of his path. Turning into a small lounge, Trujillo shook hands with Maurice Pate, executive director of the U.N. Children's Fund, and Mrs. Oswald Lord, new U.S. delegate to the U.N. In a swift ceremony witnessed mainly by his aides, the generalissimo presented Pate with a $50,000 check, last installment of $250,000 pledged during Mrs. Lord's 1948 good-will visit to the republic on the fund's behalf...
When specific treaties appear, that is the time to ratify or reject. To prejudge them and set stiff conditions destroys much of their value, since by nature treaties rely on mutual trust and presumed freedom to bargain. The advantage of swift international agreement outweighs the needless caution of double-check treaties...
...brilliant extrovert, as compared to Dean Acheson, the brilliant introvert. Secretary Dulles' high, straight-lined, strikingly original capital letters indicate self-assurance and the ability to cope with big problems . . . The fluent illegibility of his other letters with their rounded formation and slightly forward slant shows a swift, uninhibited mentality combined with amiability...