Word: knowed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Panama Canal Zone is being challenged by the locals [Dec. 7]. The Egyptians, on doing the same not long since, were stoutly supported by the albeit unseen Sixth Fleet. Should the U.K. and France not rush to the aid of the oppressed Panamanians, if only to let John Doe know how it feels...
Returning to Abilene in 1952, Dwight Eisenhower spoke of his mother and father. "They were frugal," he said, "possibly of necessity, because I have found out in later years that we were very poor. But the glory of America is that we didn't know it then." In a 1959 speech, he again drew on his memories, going back to his days as an Army subaltern, newly married to Mamie Geneva Doud, when he scrimped to buy a tiny insurance policy. "Well," he said, "I gave up smoking readymade cigarettes and went to Bull Durham and the papers...
Also to Eisenhower, a sound U.S. economy ("I know what I am for. I am for a sound dollar") was the bedrock for construction of a free-world economic system. "Dollars and security," said Ike, "are not separable." Again: "I say that a balanced budget in the long run is a vital part of national security." And again: "We not only have to be strong today but for 50 years, and if we become reckless in the economic field, we will no longer find ourselves with the means to protect ourselves...