Word: abandon
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Just what it would be like to meet the Russians in a dark tunnel became apparent in the next two days. Vishinsky announced that his government would abandon opposition to the latest Western resolution on disarmament-that is, if the West would abandon its insistence on disarmament by stages under rigid inspection. The West held to its protection clause, so again Vishinsky voted nyet. Then Vishinsky addressed himself to a Polish catchall proposal covering Korea, peace, disarmament, etc. The U.S.S.R., said Vishinsky, was "unswerving for peace." But on closer look, it proved only to be unswerving, period. Vishinsky laid down...
...Tokyo and Osaka stock markets, which had been climbing with heady abandon for more than a year, plummeted at news of a possible Korean truce. Speculative issues such as Nippon Heiwa Sangyo (Japan Peace Industry), which had soared to 400 yen in early February, toppled to 82. Even blue chips like Mitsuokoshi department store tumbled from 670 to 495 yen. Last week the market recovered slightly, but was still far down from its peak...
...dance in Copenhagen, an alert photographer got a playtime picture of Princess Margrethe, daughter of King Frederik and Queen Ingrid and heir presumptive to the Danish throne. The princess, who will be 13 this week, claimed the prerogative of teen-age abandon, flew down the stairs two at a time, leaving her bewildered escort far behind...
...hunter and a rabbit: "A rabbit came into view and [the hunter] raised his gun to shoot; but suddenly his arms and neck began to quiver and in his own words, 'everything gave way under me and I squatted like a wet rag.' He had to abandon hunting because [whenever] a rabbit jumped up he would lose muscular tone and fall to the ground...
...veils. With choreography by Valerie Bettis, Rita is the very picture of a Galilean glamour girl in an off-the-shoulder gown by Jean Louis hairdo by Helen Hunt, and make-up by Clay Campbell. She wriggles, writhes and undulates through this predecessor of the modern striptease with such abandon, as she methodically removes as many veils (six) as the law and the Breen Office will allow, that moviegoers may come away with the feeling that never before has history been so colorful...