Word: accomplishing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Mark Twain's classic rules for fiction, reflected Morris in a rare burst of pedantry, included: "Employ a simple and straightforward style," "Eschew surplusage," and "Accomplish something and arrive somewhere." Why, then, did English courses of every variety let James creep in through the trap door under the lectern? Why, on the other hand, did most courses on American literature ignore Thomas Wolfe...
Completely ignoring such legal fleabites, Orval Faubus savored every moment. Said Arkansas' governor, running hard with President Eisenhower's fumbled press-conference ball: "If the President believes that the pace of integration should be slowed down until means can be worked out to accomplish it peacefully, then I am in agreement with that." Said Faubus in satisfied self-appraisal: "You know, I suppose 90% of the people in the North think I am the most rabid segregationist in the South. The fact is that I am one of the most moderate men on the subject...
...Mount Kilimanjaro that Hemingway celebrated lives a tribe almost unique in Africa-Christian, prosperous (with a $6.000,000-to-$8,000.000 annual coffee crop), and ruled by a British-educated chief known as King Tom. In the land of the Chagga, whites work for the blacks-and both accomplish a lot. See FOREIGN NEWS, "Look What...
Trying to accomplish U.S. purposes through the U.N. entails complexities and limitations. Before fixing the U.S. position on such questions as where the proposed U.N. summit conference should be held, what nations should take part, and what the procedures should be, the U.S. has to heed any U.N. member with strong opinions on these points-and opinions abound in the U.N. Example: Prime Minister Nehru, as India's Delegate Arthur Lall reminded the U.S.'s U.N. delegation last week, wants to be invited to the conference, and to take part as a great power in any separate meetings...
There was much more to be done in the attempt to achieve stability in the Middle East-more than either force or summit conference could accomplish. But the overriding fact was that, largely because the imminent danger of Lebanon and Jordan had been postponed, the pundits, commentators and statesmen were afforded the luxury of second guessing and peaceful discussion...