Word: verbal
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...easy to see why Presidential containment of such men is a necessity. And if Eisenhower is true to his word, it might come about. From his presidency of Columbia to the height of his campaign activity, Eisenhower has not changed his verbal opposition to witch hunts and character assassination. He has respected, and with wisdom, that loyalty quests could be conducted not by congressmen who place votes above freedom, but by experienced security officials...
...does TIME report the names in art and letters that have switched from Eisenhower to Stevenson, as if it were important? This group has never been noted for its political astuteness; and I suspect the switches are based on a fascination with Stevenson's intellectual verbal gymnastics and parlor wit. These are about the least necessary qualifications in a President today...
...during their married lives Ma & Pa engaged in daily verbal sparring-usually before breakfast. But they faced the world stoutly and together-a world which consisted for years of drafty old houses (once the family lived in a tent) and endless peregrinations in search of work (Ma always bought just one railroad ticket, sent her big brood scurrying off through the train to hide in the lavatories...
...nice, polite, formal letter saying this was sent to Ambassador Dunn from Washington to transmit to Pinay. Along with it, Dunn got a set of instructions which diplomats call "verbal comments to be used in the course of conversation," i.e., what he might say to pacify Pinay, who, after all, was going to get barely more than half a billion dollars. Usually diplomats memorize such aids to conversation, or if they quote from them, are careful not to hand over the texts to their hosts. Gist of this oral message, prepared in Washington: if France spends her $525 million wisely...
...Dunn drove across the Seine to Pinay's Left Bank residence, the Hotel Matignon. Premier Pinay was "in a meeting," and the Ambassador talked instead to Under Secretary of State Felix Gaillard. Then Dunn gave Gaillard not only the formal letter but-a shocking diplomatic blunder -the private "verbal comments," for Pinay to read for himself...