Word: sayed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...complicated than "he's a good (or decent, or honest) man," or "we can trust him," or "he does his best." But Dwight Eisenhower is not that simply explained, and there are contradictions in his public image and private personality. Although he can tie words into knots ("I do say this: I may have, but I am not saying I didn't, but I don't believe I have. I do say this ..."), he has been vastly successful in making himself understood. His warm grin is known around the earth, but in private his temper can flare with crackling, barracks...
Also to Eisenhower, a sound U.S. economy ("I know what I am for. I am for a sound dollar") was the bedrock for construction of a free-world economic system. "Dollars and security," said Ike, "are not separable." Again: "I say that a balanced budget in the long run is a vital part of national security." And again: "We not only have to be strong today but for 50 years, and if we become reckless in the economic field, we will no longer find ourselves with the means to protect ourselves...