Word: vehemently
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...delay ruffled Philip Partridge, 43, the county engineer, who is white and a vehement opponent of racial segregation. He reasoned that if the Negro school did not exist the authorities would have to desegregate immediately. Accordingly, he set fire to the Negro school. After $4,000 worth of damage, firemen saved the building...
Such frantic efforts to avoid open conflict with McCarthy have characterized Eisenhower's relations with the Senator ever since his nomination. The first indication of this policy came when he agreed to remove a vehement defense of General Marshall from a speech he gave in Wisconsin during the campaign. McCarthy had earlier implied Marshall was a traitor. After the election, many people expected the President to take a firmer stand, but he has not. There have been a number of occasions, the most memorable being the Matthews case, when Eisenhower had what seemed perfect opportunities to check the Senator...
...evening's closest contest, Christopher A. Smith '55 of Lowell House and West. Hartford, Conn., took the post of secretary from Burton Berkley '55, 35 to 28, as the minority nomination speeches began to become more vehement. The organization's rule was openly challenged in the nominations for treasurer, but its candidate, John S. Luckstone 2L of Cambridge was elected anyway. One write-in vote for Balzotti was received...
...last impassioned appeal to the U.N. Security Council, Israeli Delegate Abba Eban cried out that the verdict against his country was "more vehement and intemperate" than any the Council had ever rendered, even against the Communist aggressors in Korea. But he went down to defeat. Arab Spokesman Charles Malik of Lebanon hailed the censure as "the first gleam of hope in years that the Arabs are not going to be wronged again...
Modest Plan? "I have thought a great deal about the overpowering problem that . . . haunts all our minds," said Churchill. "My prime thought is to simplify." Churchill's simplification was that "the world needs patience. It needs a period of calm rather than vehement attempts to produce clear-cut solutions...