Word: reckonings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Fort Worth last week, he tied for third, finishing four strokes behind Winner Ben Hogan. His first lap on the U.S. golf circuit had already netted him $3,537 in prizes. South Africa's Bobby Locke was obviously a man to reckon with for next month's grand prize-the U.S. Open...
Navigation. In a tiny country 4½ air hours southeast of Miami, even as decisive a will as the Benefactor's must reckon with the U.S., and Trujillo has done it. He has built one of the Hemisphere's finest hotels in his capital to convince U.S. visitors that he "runs the country like a U.S. corporation." Many a tourist has gone away impressed. But U.S. hemispheric policy, which has tolerated Trujillo despite its icy hostility to dictators, is in a state of flux. When it takes more certain form, Trujillo may hear unpleasant tidings...
...began with James Monroe. Non-interference in the internal concerns of Europe was the only practical U.S. policy in 1823. But at the same time that he made this pronouncement, Monroe served notice that the U.S. had become a power with which European nations would have to reckon, and extended U.S. interest over the whole of the Western Hemisphere. One of the modern misconceptions of history is that the Monroe Doctrine was isolationist. The Monroe Doctrine was the first big step in an expanding foreign policy, which continued to expand under succeeding Presidents and Secretaries of State...
...tried-&-true cars after a wait of a few months, have become so wary of the new K-F that salesmen are chorusing: "The only thing new is the body, and it's not radical." But the biggest reason for lagging K-F sales is price. Competing automakers reckon that the Kaiser and Frazer should sell for around $1,600. But the Kaiser is now up to $2,029 and the Frazer up to $2,220 F.O.B. Detroit. At such figures, car buyers can get a Cadillac, Buick or Chrysler. Apparently many of them have decided to wait until...
...prose, La Jornada's fiery editorials did not compare with El Tiempo's. But they spoke the language of the restless masses who threaten to upset Colombia's old order. If his united front with the Communists stays united, Gaitan may be a factor to reckon with in Colombian politics...