Word: threatfully
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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However much sense they made-and they made a great deal-LeMay's remarks inevitably brought an outraged reaction from the hard-lobbying, politically potent National Guard Association, which sees a threat to the Guard's existence behind every career general's star. The militiamen, holding their national convention in San Antonio last week, cheered Texas Governor Price Daniel's charge that LeMay is an enemy of states' rights-"the typical Federal-minded bureaucrat that thinks the Federal Government has to run everything." The association brushed aside Air Force Secretary James Douglas' conciliatory telegram...
...M.O.A. Baig, CENTO's secretary-general, insisted: "Iran is not, repeat not, in a shaky position." But CENTO and the U.S. were sufficiently concerned so that late in the week Dwight Eisenhower issued an unusual statement stressing "the gravity with which the U.S. would view a threat to the territorial integrity or political independence of Iran...
...first overtime, varsity inside John Mudd launched a hard shot that looked like the Crimson's winning goal. At the last possible instant, however, little Tony Gebauer, a 5 ft., 6 in. halfback, blocked the ball with his head, stunning himself but ending the varsity's last serious threat...
...Crimson football team vaulted into a tie for third place in the Ivy League Saturday, when it staved off a fourth quarter rally by Columbia, pushed over two touchdowns itself, and went on to win, 38 to 22. The Lion threat to repeat Cornell's upset victory of the previous week toughened the lax and complacent Crimson eleven, and irked it into running up the highest Crimson score since the varsity's 60-6 win over Massachusetts...
...speedy Crimson line made many prolonged forays into Williams territory, but a mistake on offense or a sparkling Eph defensive play put an end to every threat. Hampered by inaccurate passing, the varsity's attack showed the same fault that has characterized it all season--the lack of a real scoring punch...