Word: upon
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Called on the U.S.S.R. to make good on its promise of "the reunification of Germany by free elections," agreed upon at the Geneva Conference in 1955. "I assure you that this act of simple justice and of good faith need not lead to any increased jeopardy of your nation...
...Offered to suspend nuclear weapons tests as part of a world-wide agreement based upon a foolproof termination of "the now unrestrained production of nuclear weapons . . . Since our existing weapons stocks are doubtless larger than yours, we would expect to make a greater transfer to peaceful-purpose stocks...
...Owned up that he himself had not anticipated the psychological impact upon the world of the U.S.S.R.'s first rocket-launched satellite...
...been based primarily on the judgment of men most qualified to make such an appraisal. Our decisions, more often than not, have been made within the framework of the Government's annual budget.* This control has, again and again, appeared and reappeared as the prime limitation upon our scientific advancement . . . What should be our goal? If, out in space, there is the ultimate position-from which total control of the earth may be exercised-then our national goal and the goal of all free men must be to win and hold that position...
Power Misunderstood. "The only deterrent to the imposition of Russian will in Western Europe is the belief that, from the outset of any such attempt, American power would be employed in stopping it, and, if necessary, would inflict upon the Soviet Union injury which the Moscow regime would not wish to suffer. The regime will not believe that this will happen if the U.S. and Western Europe are separated and stand alone...