Word: makeing
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...press conference next day, President Truman was asked whether he felt the U.S. should make a new bid for atomic control. Harry Truman replied that he had been trying to get world atomic control through the U.N. since 1946. Our position hasn't changed a bit, said the President. There is no use getting all steamed up, he went on, for every possible effort has been made. If the Soviet government would give just a little bit of cooperation the job would be done...
...force capable of surviving the first blow and retaliating swiftly and strongly-even if it meant spending less money on social services that normally would be considered necessary and worthy, and less money on such politicians' luxuries as surplus potatoes and dried eggs. The U.S. had to make its allies stronger, and to make new friends in the sectors of the world still balanced between Communism and democracy...
...case-hardened conscience like a jackhammer going through a pile of schist. Last week Dr. Billy appeared before a joint session of the Georgia legislature to urge an old-fashioned revival among the state's sinners, and within two hours the senate had passed a bill to make the state bone dry. Cried Senator Tom E. Rich, during the breast-beating which preceded a 34-to-5 vote: "I used to go home drunk and stumble over . . . my children...
...afford all the medical care they need. About half our families-those with incomes of $3,000 or less-find it hard, if not impossible, to pay for even routine medical care. Another 30% of American families with incomes between $3,000 and $5,000 would have to make great sacrifices or go into debt to meet the costs of a severe or chronic illness...
Actually, the Ewing plan would not make much difference to the Blue Cross-Blue Shield subscriber, such as the Bronx freight handler, in terms of dollars. Most directly benefited by it would be millions of Americans who live in areas where no such plan is available, or who do not qualify for membership because they cannot get into a "group membership" plan, or who are not regularly employed, or who simply cannot afford the premiums. For subscribers to the Blue Cross-Blue Shield types of insurance above the income cutoff, the Ewing plan would offer an apparent saving in years...