Word: vigilantism
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Although he tried his hand at oceangoing yachts, notably his own Vigilant (1930), Fox's best designs were sailing dinghies and small, trim sloops. In 1928 he designed the Avenger, an "International Fourteen" dinghy with a planing hull that made it a sure winner before the wind. In 57...
Considering the whole picture, Secretary Dulles felt that the U.S. and its allies "can face the future with new confidence" if they adhere to policies of firmness. Said the President: "In a word, we will stay strong, and we'll stay vigilant, but we're not going to...
Then the chiefs of state themselves could meet for a limited time, under the vigilant eyes of the foreign ministers. The chiefs would "devote themselves to formulating issues to be worked on and to agreeing on methods to be followed in exploring solutions." Then the chiefs could go home, while...
"None of us," said Ike, "possesses a crystal ball . . . To prophesy when a war is going to break out is to pretend-is to assume that we have an accuracy of information that, I think, has never yet been attained by a country that was to be attacked . . . The risk...
The congregation revived, however, with the establishment of Harvard near "watch house hill," where settlers had guarded against marauding wolves. With the appearance of the "college," the vigilant farmers forgot about wolves and faced an influx of new inhabitants. The only solution was a new church, so they crested a...