Word: pressed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...presenting the issue of national purpose in such conspicuous fashion [Nov. 16], you have performed a valuable public service true to the tradition of the American press as one of the principal agents in the process of public opinion formation...
...tightest-packed briefing of the week came from three veteran, well-prepared briefing officers: Son John, Press Secretary Jim Hagerty and Appointments Secretary Tom Stephens, all just back from riding the presidential jet over the whole 22,370-mile route. For two hours they went over the schedule in detail, pointing up problems, pitfalls and plans. The President suggested a few changes, approved the bulk of the plans. Highlights...
Mason, who teaches a course on the problems of underdeveloped nations, pointed out that India and Pakistan both recognize the need for "family planning." Although it would be "very wrong for the United States to press its ideas on other nations," he commented, America should not refuse help if it is requested. President Eisenhower recently rejected this idea...
McCormack, "more or less talking philosophically," charged that the policies of the Republican Party are made by men behind the scenes who do not run for election. Attacking Madison Avenue, the Republican press, and the "broken promises of the present Administration," he asserted that the great majority of Republicans in the halls of Congress oppose progressive legislation...
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 29--Penn football coach Steve Sebo is being dropped despite winning the 1959 Ivy League title and compiling the best university football record in 12 years, The Associated Press learned today...