Word: wield
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...still higher level of policy, Humphrey's Treasury will have to wield the Government's influence over international trade. Some U.S. economists are suggesting that the U.S. would find itself with some $35 billion in extra cash if the Treasury would raise the price of gold i.e., devalue the dollar. Then, as the theory goes, the U.S. could use the $35 billion to set up a stabilization fund to let European countries sweep away currency restrictions. This plan has been vigorously attacked as adding to U.S. and world inflationary trends. It finds little or no favor among...
...instance, is the statement that Lodge could wield nothing but his one vote. Following this by several paragraphs is the assertion that the Old Guard Republicans' enthusiasm for Kennedy is no more than a fanatic attempt to purge Lodge. The first statement seems plausible, the second unexceptionable, yet together they clash. If Lodge is the cipher Mr. Landis claims he is, why should the Taftites strain themselves so for his defeat? Surely, the Republican irresponsible would not brave the derision inevitably attending their support of a party-line Democrat unless Lodge threatened their power...
Unlike the old stereotype of the surgeon whose one aim was to wield the knife, Dr. Moore (who specializes in abdominal surgery) and the dozens of like-minded colleagues who dominated the surgeons' meeting last week will never use it if they think it can be avoided. And, except in emergency, they will never use it without careful consultation with the patient's physician, an interview with the patient himself, and a full-team study of the results of many laboratory tests made...
Whatever the reasons for State's timid concern over "security risks," they are ill-founded. The fact that the Department is simply frightened, while the McCarthys are demagogues, is no argument on behalf of State, for the executive branch can wield more power more quickly than a United States Senator. So far during the last few months that power has been used to the nation's detriment, and election or no election, we hope that those who operate State will soon regain their courage...
...particular problem of beating the Boston Red Sox that day was of mere academic interest. It was solved in typical Yankee fashion: a two-run pinch double by lumbering (230 lbs.) Johnny Mize, now 39, but still able to wield a potent bat. Final score: 7-4. After the game Stengel said happily: "A hitter like John can rifle that ball even if he has to be wheeled up to the plate.* He'll win or help win some games for us in the pinch this year, same as last...