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...other hand," McCloskey said, "has indicated by his public approval of McCarthy and his surrender to the Taft wing of the party that he is not a man of firm enough moral principle to resist the pressure for senseless persecution, even if he wanted to, which I doubt...
...frankly astonished that my opponent stooped ... to the practice of lifting remarks out of context'. . . Why did he skip the Secretary's further pledge that if there should be an attack on these countries, 'the initial reliance must be on the people attacked to resist it and then upon the commitments of the entire civilized world under the Charter of the United Nations'?" Far from "writing off" Korea, said Stevenson, Acheson's speech had served notice that the U.S. "would seek United Nations action against aggression...
...people who gave you birth. You carry the same hope, the same prayer and the same love of people around the world who do not know your names, but who do know you by your cause and your great tradition. We and our friends found the courage to resist [aggression in Korea] two years ago. It is to press that courage home, to affirm and to establish the faith that a peaceful world can in truth be built, that . . . you have been asked to serve your country with the hope and promise of your lives...
...better. Serafin's sure hand brought out all of Puccini's colorful instrumentation, without drowning out the singers. Critics praised the conductor, but had a few reservations about the performance: Tenor David Poleri was still forcing his fine voice; Baritone Walter Cassel sang beautifully, but could not resist a few hammy moments as the villainous Scarpia; U.S. Soprano Anne McKnight, who has been singing in Italy as Anna di Cavallieri. proved to have a big dramatic voice and sang an appealing Vissi d'arte, but her acting was weak. In Act II, a leak developed...
Barzani's army stood poised to strike for three months. Then, after it had become amply clear that the U.S. would resist aggression in Korea and elsewhere, the Russians withdrew Barzani from the frontier. But his army still lurks just across the border, poised and ready to strike at a word from the Kremlin. U.S. military observers describe it as a first-class fighting outfit, with its own tactical air group manned by Soviet-trained Kurdish pilots...