Word: incidental
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Ordinarily the incident might have been forgotten, but to correspondents becalmed at Key West, it seemed like a ruffling little breeze of news. Next day the nation's press (attributing its information to unnamed presidential "intimates" ) breathlessly reported that Harry Truman had spotted Ike as the Republican to beat...
This loyalty procedure cannot even effectively screen out potential traitors: an agent of a "Communist, Facist, or totalitarian" power would lie his way through the Navy's test without compunction. An honest man, however, might be caught up because of an incident in his past, and the country thus deprived...
Clouds of yellow smoke blanketed Harvard Square at 5:45 p.m. yesterday afternoon when a 12 by 10 inch package exploded in front of Daley's drug store. Police believe the incident was a "prank," but are continuing their investigation.
This particular incident is only a symptom of the University's current public relations consciousness. This sensitivity to public opinion has intensified the Dean's Office concern over organizational bad debts mentioned above, and over the problems created by post-war political tensions, which were considered yesterday. In each case...
This spiteful fracas would only deepen the skepticism with which most Germans regard parliamentary government. But the incident could not obscure the fact that the Paris and Bonn agreements had added greatly to the prestige of the West German Republic, just three months old. For his critics who said he...