Word: wishfully
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Missile Flap. Neither was Goldwater appreciative of Democratic defense policy, particularly in its increasing dependence on intercontinental missiles instead of SAC bombers. "I don't feel safe at all about our missiles," he told a press-conference questioner. "I wish the Defense Department would tell the American people how undependable the missiles in our silos actually are. I can't tell you-it's classified -and I'll probably catch hell for saying this...
...Elysée reception a few nights later, De Gaulle, holding a glass of champagne, smilingly observed, "The whole world is calm now. Even the Chinese are trotting around." He added, "At this moment there is a state of mind favorable to making European progress. People seem to wish it. The question is one of knowing how to do it, at what time and to what degree. There had to be an initiative, so we made proposals. Others can do likewise, or they can take up France's proposal...
...presented by Rowse, the sonnets do seem delightfully clear. They read, in fact, almost like a novel. But is Rowse's theory fact? U.S. Shakespearean critics are inclined to think so, since it agrees with the current commonsensical view. But with characteristic scholarly caution, they wish that Rowse would not be so cocksure about it. "Until there are some new documents," said Harvard's Professor Alfred Harbage, expressing a whole scholarly philosophy of life, "we want more people to say 'I don't know...
...Harvard in 1937 by a bequest of Mrs. Agnes Wahl Nieman in memory of her husband, Lucins W. Nieman, founder of the Milwaukee Journal. Each Fellowship pays tuition, fees, and a stipend for a year's residence at the University. Holders may pursue any course of study they wish in any school; the only stipulation is that they fulfill the requirements for one course as if they were actually taking it for credit...
...members of the department, Fleming said, "were sorry to see him go" and continue to "hold him in high regard." He did not wish to discuss any possible correspondence between Schlesinger and the department on an appointment, however