Word: abroad
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...many interests, he has published seven books, mostly collections of casual, contemplative essays, is a chronic bird watcher and boat watcher, a part-time farmer (he owns 153 acres in Durham, N.Y.), and an amateur woodworker. When World War II broke out, he insisted that the Times send him abroad as a correspondent, spent two years in China, followed that up with a ten-month reportorial stint in Moscow that won him a Pulitzer Prize...
These sound practices are as well known abroad as they are in Washington. With a budget in balance, the U.S., says British Economist Graham Hutton. must take normal corrective measures to get its balance of payments in order. Button's prescription is for the U.S. to reduce foreign commitments, get overseas allies to carry more of the load, get internal costs under control. "If you don't stabilize your wage costs," says he, "you will lose export orders, lose gold and get unemployment. It is as simple as that. You have the strongest economy in the world...
Then the love affair palled. Red China decided that the Southeast Asian governments were more important than the Overseas Chinese and. wooing the Afro-Asian nations at Bandung. China's Premier Chou En-lai urged that Chinese abroad "be loyal to the countries they live in." The disenchantment was mutual. Hua-chiao students returned from China complaining of hardships under the Reds. The relatives back home saw little of the money that had been sent them, and sneaked out bitter reports about the communes...
...imports, which caused a crippling trade deficit, dropped from $280 million in 1957 to $174 million this year, and will cease in 1961. As befits a nation ranking twelfth in the world in proven oil reserves, Argentina plans to be selling a yearly 25 million bbl. of petroleum abroad...
...months getting ready to testify: "I thought I would do you the honor of coming well prepared, sir." Asked why Merck's prednisone retailed in London at $7.53 per 100 tablets v. $17.90 in the U.S., Connor said that it was cheaper to manufacture and sell drugs abroad...