Word: firsthand
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Firming up the Star's editorial positions, the editorial writing staff emerges periodically from the ivory tower to gather firsthand information, plant ideas, and lobby for the Star's causes. Last month, alarmed about a rising traffic death rate, the Star ran a lead editorial deploring the carnage, then sent Editorial Writer James W. Scott out for earnest conferences with Police Chief Bernard Brannon and other authorities. Result: a new 36-man traffic detail and a series of frontpage editorials backing up the police department's campaign...
...field at Kabul, Afghanistan (which is being constructed for the Afghans by the Russians). Hemmed in by high mountain ranges, Kabul has no instrument-landing facilities, is often socked in suddenly by bad weather. As an extra safeguard, an Air Force C-47 at Kabul will make constant, firsthand weather reports to Draper while he is en route from Karachi. If bad weather does hit, Draper will know about it in plenty of time to skip Kabul and head for New Delhi. Hopefully the party will try Kabul again on the way back from New Delhi to Europe...
...suave and courtly Georgian, "Red" Dowling, 54, is known around the world for his aplomb and tact. He has a wide firsthand knowledge of Europe (he had been slated for the post of Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs until Murphy announced his resignation) and is thoroughly familiar with the problems of West Germany in particular, having served in Bonn for three years (1953-56), first as Deputy High Commissioner, later as Minister of the U.S. embassy. German-fluent Ambassador Dowling is equally at home with aging chiefs of state. In his most recent post, as Ambassador to Korea...
...Khrushchev should be invited to the United States," Nixon told a press conference. "I think on such a visit, clearly apart from the discussions he would have with the President on an official basis, the visit would serve other useful purposes. He would have a chance to see firsthand the United States." Nixon was already aware that such a visit was in the works: before he left for the Soviet Union, President Eisenhower told...
Consulting the 500-name list from A (for actuary) to W (for wrestling), Lexington's teachers mapped guest lectures by part-time pedagogues all during the coming year. "We were spending money on film strips," says Dick Woodward, "when within our own community we had firsthand sources more effective than anything we could buy." Equally impressive, adds Woodward, is a significant fringe benefit. "This is a way to get people interested in the schools, and that's the best way to get better schools...