Word: trust
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Sense of Duty. A reporter said: "Some Republican leaders have suggested that if you are able, you might run again out of a sense of duty?" The President replied: "Well, I certainly sincerely trust that all of my actions in respect to public duty over the past 40 years have been inspired and directed by my own sense of duty, so of course that would have something to do with it . . . But where does the sense of duty point, and who determines what the duty is? That is a very tricky question...
...last week, and the statements added still more color to the economy's bloom. Across the U.S., big bankers found record earnings. With plentiful credit and steady repayments. Manhattan's First National City Bank reported net earnings of $42 million for 1955, 26% better than 1954; Manufacturers Trust (earnings: $16 million), Chemical Corn Exchange ($17 million), Guaranty Trust ($24 million) were all up from 10% to 29%. But California's huge Bank of America, the world's biggest private bank, had the biggest profit of all. It went into 1956 with resources of $9.7 billion, earnings...
...fate of many nations rests in your hands and in the hands of Prime Minister Churchill. The whole world expects that these important discussions . . . will result in the creation of foundations for a future peace, a peace which should bring to nations the freedom of conscience and speech ... I trust you will not permit any decisions to be taken which might jeopardize the legitimate rights of Poland, or her independence, and that you will not recognize any faits accomplis with regard to Poland. If peace is to be durable, it must be based on principles of justice, on respect...
...Yvonne. "Is it our fault if they didn't get it?" Later it was reported that the quints had intended all along to go home for New Year's, the traditional French-Canadian day for giftgiving. Finally, the sisters' financial adviser, Lawrence Edwards, of the Guaranty Trust Co. of Canada, offered a fuller explanation. "For the first time in their lives, the quints are making their own decisions," said Edwards. "They love their family, but they want a life of their...
Ever since their 21st birthday last year, when each girl got a one-fifth share of their $1,000,000 trust fund, the Dionne sisters have been trying to slip out of the spotlight that has shone on them since birth. They began wearing different clothes and hairdos. Yvonne and Cecile continued training as nurses at a suburban Montreal hospital, Marie returned to a convent and Annette went to study music at Nicolet, Que. But a month ago, the separation became unbearable and the sisters reunited in Montreal...