Word: verbale
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...assignment as Supreme Commander, Allied Powers Europe, by approximately June 1st, and that I be placed on inactive status upon my return to the United States . . ." The letter was dated April 2, the first anniversary of the day Eisenhower formally established SHAPE headquarters in Europe. At Ike's verbal request, the exchange was kept secret until he had an opportunity to tell his NATO fellow officers his basic decision: he has decided to return home to run as a GOP candidate for President...
...Rome and, a Villa is a brilliant piece of traveler's impressionism, written with verbal polish. Though it will mean more to people who have visited Rome, the book can still excite those who have not; it summons up, like a good translation, the spirit of the original...
...leaves, crickets, flies, fleas and death-dealing goose feathers. Malik's colleagues on the U.N. Disarmament Commission could take it no longer. "My right ear," complained Britain's Sir Gladwyn Jebb, who sits at Malik's left, "has become seriously infected by the perpetual dissemination of verbal bacilli." The commission, eleven against Malik, ruled the Russian out of order...
McCrary, who recently engaged in a verbal battle with Taft on a TV program will speak on Eisenhower's qualifications and opinions on the international level with Fish expected to dispute his points...
Unfortunately Lattimore himself made matters worse by slamming the Committee and several Senators with a load of insidious verbal brickbats. His prosecutors retaliated with a storm of "guilt by association" charges, reflecting their prejudgment of the case and precluding any chance of a fair or even an orderly hearing...