Word: undo
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...very much the same sort of attitude as Western European Communists and fellow travelers adopted in 1939, after the conclusion of the Nazi-Soviet pact. There was no point, they argued then, in getting involved in an "imperialist" war. Better stand aside, and in due course social revolution would undo Hitler's conquests. Nor, it is worth recalling, was it the inherent fatuity of this position which led them to change their attitude, but only the march of the Wehrmacht into Russia...
...adopted by two-thirds of the Senate and of the House and three-fourths of the state legislatures, the Bricker Resolution would become the 23rd Amendment. By applying the tight restrictions of Section 2 to all treaties indiscriminately, the amendment would undo what the Constitution's framers so carefully wrote. By requiring legislation before any treaty provision would take effect as internal law,* it would seriously slow up the processing of many common types of treaties. The "which would be valid" clause, a return to the spirit of the Articles of Confederation, would make the Federal Government less than...
...prettiest girl in North America, and nobody even whistled-in fact, we had a hard time getting served at the park popcorn concession." Even more disillusioning, Neva refused to pose for cheesecake, because "the winner is picked for beauty, poise and talent, so posing in a bathing suit would undo all the good work the foundation is trying...
...military null Yet its losses were enormous, its five-year plan stalled for lack of steel and treasure that was poured out in Korea. And Peking had visibly failed to do what it had set out to do: to unify Korea under Chinese tutelage. No amount of "face" can undo the fact that all Red China's men have not changed the map. Whether the Communists have been "taught that aggression does not pay" is an open question. At least, since June 1950, there have been no major military aggressions...
...market [the U.S.] in all the world that does not need them . . . whereas all over the world there are [Communist] markets waiting . . ." Even Rab Butler, the commonsensical Tory Chancellor who has done much to put Britain back on its feet, worried that a Republican Congress might undo 20 years of reduced Democratic tariffs. "We have shown we are ready to make sacrifices," said Butler, referring to his "trade, not aid" policy. "The other side of the Atlantic [must] make up its side [of the bargain...