Word: threatfully
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...became clear that Mossadegh was stalling. He did not really want to break off diplomatic relations; he just hoped that the West (meaning the U.S.), shocked by his radio statement, would break down and come through with a good offer. It was the old Mossadegh game again: diplomacy by threat of suicide...
Dick Collins will start at right half, and will do the heavy share of the Green running. Collins, a chunky 165 pounder is a track man in the spring, is always a threat to go all the way. He ran 89 yards for a touchdown against the Cross, and averaged four yards a carry for the 1951 season...
Communism. In Detroit's jampacked Masonic temple, Stevenson made a speech of major importance: in it, he gave his view of Communism in the U.S. The Communist threat in the U.S., suggested Stevenson, is largely the Republicans' fault; it first appeared in the Great Depression, "arising from poverty and despair, and following, as it happens, twelve years of Republican administration." Then, many Americans became discouraged with capitalism, and nearly a million, in 1932, voted "against the capitalist system."*It was at that time, said Stevenson in an interpolation to his prepared text, "that some persons like Alger Hiss...
...Bell sees it, "The chief threat to America comes from within America . . . While wealth accumulates in these United States, man seems to decay. Corruption corrodes our political and industrial doings ... A pervading relativism, an absence of conviction about what is the good life . . . blunts the proddings of conscience, takes the zest out of living, creates a general boredom . . . Our alleged gaiety is not spontaneous. Our boredom results not only in a reluctant morality but in shockingly bad manners, which most of us do not even know are bad manners...
Paced by triple-threat Halfback Bob Unger, Princeton came out strong in the second half, clawed at Penn's tough line, kept the ball in Penn territory and the crowd in intermittent hysterics. But the youngsters couldn't quite put another one over. Penn's defense clicked in the pinches and there was no more scoring. Princeton's victory string, the longest of any major college team when the game began, was cut off at 24. Penn took rank with the best in the East, a heavy favorite for the Ivy League championship...