Word: unshaken
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...electric lighting; long ago he planted thousands of trees to guard his privacy from encroaching civilization. Optimists, those who put their faith in humanity, believers in God, in fact most people, will find little comfort anywhere in Jeffers' work. Even now, an only slightly mellowed grandfather, he holds unshaken to his own credo. Never has he stated the essence of it more clearly than he does now in The Old Stonemason, one of the short poems in Hungerfield...
...Unshaken in her purpose, and as yet sound of mind, the buyer once more demanded Frank Forrest and shipping...
...sociable and companionable," he writes. And then returning, as ever, to Plato, he concludes, "In Plato's words the philosopher has a view of all time and all existence. With such a perspective, he can put success in its place and failure in its place, and so be unshaken either by misfortune or good fortune...
...Conant, the new U.S. High Commissioner in Germany, "knows that here the two contending forces of this mid-20th century stand face to face. Let me make plain the position of my Government." The U.S., said Conant, is "pledged to see to it that this city continues as an unshaken outpost of the Western world. We shall continue to insist on the free circulation within Berlin of all its inhabitants. The U.S. , is determined to keep open the lines of communication with Berlin...
...despite his softer tones and more subtle shadings, Dulles was as unshaken as ever in the belief that a workable European defense system is an essential. Said he: "Our effort will not permanently serve Europe, or ourselves, or humanity, unless it fits into a constructive program for European unity. Nothing that the U.S. can do will ever be enough to make Europe safe if Europe is divided into rival national camps...