Word: whether
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...would be far better to ask ourselves whether we have achieved these stated purposes. Have we formed a more perfect Union? Have we ensured domestic tranquillity? Have we established justice? Have we secured the blessings of liberty...
...point that bothers me about Mr. Van Doren's statement is the reference to a letter from an anonymous woman which, according to him, caused him to finally come forth with the truth. I cannot help wondering what influence his wife had, or whether she was unaware of the cause of all the torment he claims he was suffering...
...peoples. U.S. Catholics, declared the bishops, "believe that the promotion of artificial birth prevention is a morally, humanly, psychologically and politically disastrous approach to the population problem." Catholics, they continued, "will not support any public assistance, either at home or abroad, to promote artificial birth prevention, abortion or sterilization whether through direct aid or by means of international organizations...
...black, or brown, or yellow peoples whose population is increasing no faster than in the United States." If he were in the White House, presented by Congress with a foreign aid bill that asked recipient nations to curb population growth, Kennedy said, he would judge the measure by whether it "would be in the interest of the United States." If such a bill became law, said he, "I would uphold it as the law of the land...
Since his investigation began, 23 officers and noncoms have been transferred out of Turkey with more to follow. The Pentagon has refused to say whether any were guilty of misdeeds or merely of failure to exercise sufficient responsibility. Several of the officers complain that the opposition Turkish press, which is currently on an anti-American kick, has played the story as if all were culprits. Among the 13 officers reassigned are five Izmir unit commanders and four finance officers; among the ten sergeants was the personal secretary of NATO's Izmir commander, Lieut. General Paul Harkins...