Word: tripped
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Back in Washington, Nixon found that his prestige had grown with the success of his trip. He took up his role of adviser on domestic policy, argued the Cabinet into proposing changes in the Taft-Hartley Act, reversing a decision to duck such political dynamite in an election year. Sold on Nixon's view, the Cabinet asked Ike to plump for the amendments in a major speech. This time the Vice President sounded a note of caution: save the President for the real fight: don't waste his prestige where it isn't needed. The Cabinet agreed...
...eager to get started, and hopes that his men will learn to enjoy barnstorming. "In Amsterdam," he explains, "the musician who lives farthest from the hall is just 15 minutes away on a bicycle. Once every three weeks we go to The Hague for a concert -a 43-minute trip." And he laughs: "The next day, the orchestra is very tired...
Died. Aime Felix Tschiffely, 58, Swiss-born British schoolmaster who emigrated to Argentina, won fame and fortune after he made a 10,000-mile trip on horseback from Buenos Aires to Washington, D.C. (1925-28), wrote two widely read accounts of his feat (From Southern Cross to Pole Star, Tschiffely's Ride); after an operation; in London...
Phill Haughey, Bill Schreiber, Neil Muncaster, and Bob Barnett will also be certain to see duty tonight. Jack Hamilton, who has developed rapidly lately, will not be able to make this trip with the team...
Stevenson asked for a postponement because of a pressing speaking schedule. The 1952 Democratic presidential candidate recently returned from a trip around the world...