Word: ued
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...point is that the precedents for presidential activism and congressional passivity were gradually established by many men. In fact, F.D.R., the man who created what many historians now call the "imperial presidency," was to cite the Barbary wars as a constitutional defense for his undeclared war against Nazi U-boats in the Atlantic just before World War II. It has been argued that Roosevelt's early brand of brinkmanship was farsighted brilliance-because it helped prepare the U.S. for a necessary war with Hit ler. None of F.D.R.'s successors, how ever, have been willing to give...
Then history began to play tricks on Allen Drury. The U-2 incident and Khrushchev banging his shoe. First moves into Viet Nam. Civil rights in the South. In the 1962 sequel to Advise and Consent, Drury tried to keep up. He escalated his story into a counterinsurgency war in Central Africa, coupled with radical attempts to exploit racial strife in the U.S. He also moved his senatorial heroes into the still windier forum of the United Nations. But these days no writer should play "Can You Top This?" with history...
...conquered Arab lands gradually turned to a popular satisfaction in Israel with the extended space that the nation now had to breathe in, beyond the reach of Arab guns. Plenty of room and a strong arm, always at the ready, became the Israeli formula for survival, and anything else-U.N. resolutions, roving ambassadors, third-party mediations, Arab proposals-was politely listened to, but in the end rejected as false security. Against Arab hate and Soviet arms, Israelis were scornful of promises and leary of guarantees; by their own strength they had survived, and would survive...
...U Conn match, All-American halfback Tim Hunter created opportunities for his forwards time after time, but produced only one goal. Joe Mui and Kip Jordan, the two outstanding halfbacks for Cornell, scored two goals and one goal, respectively, against the booters in last Saturday's contest...
...wonder it's called the "Dynamite Prize." Charles U. Daly...