Word: abandon
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Before Berlin, Bidault was asked what he would do if the Russians presented him with a clear bargain: peace in Indo-China if France would abandon EDC. Bidault replied sarcastically that he didn't expect to see cards like that placed on the table. "The Russians," he said, "never play anything but clubs." Now, however, that there was something else to wait for -the Geneva conference in April-anti-EDC voices were again heard in Paris. Their new refrain: France must not provoke the Russians by approving EDC so long as there is a chance of ending the Indo...
...Begley and John Docker are only fair. Begley over-acts to the point of appearing a scheming spy, and Docker's offer of a coalition between bishop and barons seems too gruff and intense. All four share the same fault in the last act speeches, when the knights suddenly abandon their roles of drunken killers and become apologists for their deeds. Although their explanations are fantastic, Eliot included them to show the earnest fervor with which the murder was done. But in the HDC production, the four knights seemed scarcely to believe the speeches they gave. Although the parts...
...when an honor system is old and respected it can be improved when it lapses into occasional disrepair. There is no reason for Radcliffe to abandon its present system because of failures in certain aspects. But a re-evaluation, and consequent improvement, cannot come from a committee, composed of three girls and two faculty members, meeting in closed sessions. Nor can it come from questionnaires like the one sent out by the Radcliffe News. An honor system will work only if everyone affected clearly understands it and firmly believes in it. Such an understanding can only come through long discussion...
...United States cannot new abandon the European Army plan, however, Friedrich admitted. "A year ago we could have. Now it would appear as a retreat before the Soviets...
...Earlier, in a dramatic U.N. Assembly speech Ike offered to: 1. Abandon the veto...