Word: according
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Washington is anxious to see how seriously the Berlin crisis affects the conference. Nehru's temporary dismissal of the whole Western case on Berlin was both irritating and sobering. Tito not long ago declared himself in accord with Russia "on the majority of important questions.'' (Yugoslavia was the first nation outside the East bloc to extend formal diplomatic recognition to Communist East Germany...
Ricordi's angry response is that certain changes are inevitable in the hands of strong conductors like Toscanini, who simply made the music "accord with the times.'' The company's irritation at Vaughan and his supporters is heightened by the fact that the Verdi copyright is due to run out at year's end, and Ricordi is anxious to extend its profitable monopoly for another 20 years. As for Vaughan, he is looking ahead to an "artistic revolution." When the copyright expires, he hopes, the whole operatic orchestra will be tuned back to its proper...
...last week, at a Moscow dinner in honor of Ghana's President Kwame Nkrumah, Nikita rose to launch an attack on the U.N., declared that "even if all the countries of the world adopted a decision that did not accord with the interests of the Soviet Union and threatened its security, the Soviet Union would not recognize such a decision but would uphold its rights, relying on force. And we have the wherewithal to do this...
...assets (the idea is cute) and liabilities (the idea is cute). Asked to laugh once again at the same back-slapping Americans and tractor-worshipping Russians who have populated every cold war farce, the viewer may well decide that what the world needs even more than international accord is some new international jokes. But the Ninotchka-era jokes are presented with considerable spirit, and Actors Gavin and Dee, the missile-crossed lovers, are cuddly as puppies. Writer-Director Ustinov gives himself the best lines and delivers them with practiced waggery. When the town-hall clock goes out of order...
...substantive accord to come out of Vienna was Nikita Khrushchev's statement that he favored "an effective ceasefire" in Laos. In his otherwise grim speech reporting on the meeting, President John Kennedy declared himself "hopeful" that this could "be translated into new attitudes at Geneva...