Word: offing
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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The afternoon Congressional from Washington bumped to a halt in a gloomy cavern beneath Manhattan's Pennsylvania Station one evening last week. Amid the crowd that surged out onto the platform, indistinguishable from his fellow passengers except for an extra bit of height (6 ft. 1 in.) and an...
At home and abroad, the appointment of Plain Citizen Dean Rusk to the new Administration's most important Cabinet post set off a puzzled reaching for reference books to find out who Dean Rusk is. To the intimate few who had seen Dean Rusk in action at the War...
Respect for Complexity. In part, the State Department's enthusiasm for its new boss-to-be stems from its awareness of the professional seasoning he accumulated in the Truman years. "He'll be able to take up his work the first day here, just as if he were...
His former associates in government service remember Rusk as a quietly dedicated man, a beaver who never tried to promote himself, who combined easygoing geniality with intellectual toughness. His ability to persuade by marshaling facts and arguments in logical array also impressed. "I don't recall that he ever...
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