Word: spokes
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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Long Look. He spoke as chief of the world's mightiest nation, and he spoke to the nation and to the world. "The state of the Union," he said, "continues to be good." Abroad, "the greatest danger has receded." At home, "we have met and reversed the first significant downturn in economic activity since the war." In his flat, Missouri twang, and in simple, homely terms, the President restated U.S. aspirations for itself and for its friends...
Like a good Fourth of July speech, the President's message spoke of the founding fathers; unlike many modern state documents, it spoke simply and unaffectedly of religious faith. More than any State of the Union address in recent years, the speech matched the occasion in tone and content. In 1948 Truman had defiantly demanded an anti-inflation program from a hostile Congress. In 1949 he was still crowing over the defeat of the "privileged few." This year Truman spoke confidently of pride in U.S. achievement, and with rancor toward none...
With Mather in opposing such bus service was the Rev. Dr. Emory Stevens Bucke, editor of the Zions Herald, a Methodist publication. Former State Senator Edward M. Rowe and Governor's Councillor Patrick M. McDonough spoke in favor of existing free transportation...
...morning last week, 335 frock-coated Dutch and Indonesian officials gathered around a green baize table to hear Juliana, Queen of The Netherlands, end 340 years of Dutch rule in Indonesia. Juliana entered the palace hall followed by her husband, Prince Bernhard. From her crimson-upholstered armchair, she spoke clearly and melodiously: "Immeasurable," said she, "is the satisfaction of a nation that finds its liberty realized . . ." As Juliana finished, the palace carillon pealed out first the Indonesian and then the Dutch anthem, and one of her four uniformed lackeys fell flat on his face in a dead faint...
...spindly, sharp-beaked crow of a man who spends his winters near Rutherford, N.J., where he was born, Marin has always loved solitude and the sea. His letters to his friend and sponsor, the late great photographer Alfred Stieglitz, were often signed "The Ancient Marin-er." They spoke most of the weather, and mentioned fishing, berrying and hunting as often as art. One such letter, written five years ago, hints at the bigness and joy that the old man still puts in his paintings...