Word: taking
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...appropriations averaged only $1.5 billion a year'. The difference has been made up by digging into the backlog by $1 billion a year. With the backlog now down to $2.5 billion, barely enough to provide lead time on complicated weapons like missiles and jet airplanes, arms deliveries will take "a drastic decline of 40% or more" by fiscal 1962 unless Congress increases the annual appropriation...
...Taking the Lead. Said the committee: "Our horizon is too often the narrow confines of the cold war. We must, while we defend ourselves, build toward the world we and other free men seek ... a world grounded in the inherent worth and dignity of the individual . . . Not only by reason of its power, but also because of its proven capacity to combine diverse elements into a stronger whole, the United States is best suited to take the lead in bringing about this mobilization and utilization of the free world's talents...
...Representatives who had voted for the Landrum-Griffin bill. "We wish to assure you." wrote Carey, "that we shall do all in our power to prove to the working men and women in your district that you have cast your lot against them and they should therefore take appropriate action at the ballot...
Headline Echoes. Will the opposition members take the scalp of an able man who committed an indiscretion 14 years before? Can the obstinate President be persuaded by men who love their country above party that the nomination should be withdrawn?. When Senator Brigham Anderson of Utah, whose subcommittee is holding the hearings, discovers that Leffingwell has indeed lied about his past, it would seem that Advise and Consent has already gone on too long with echoes from a decade of news headlines. But Author Drury now shows how vindictive his challenged President can be, and how vicious a Senator touched...
Frank story, he is also bidding to take over its emotional appeal. The difference: The Diary is an authentic human document; Eva, although powerful and credible, is a product of the present day and already a historical fiction...