Word: acted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...this effort he is hampered by the divided U.S. policy and the clash of State Department personalities. At Chapultepec, the nations of the Western Hemisphere agreed to meet soon thereafter at Rio de Janeiro for two purposes: 1) to draft the treaty for the Act of Chapultepec (which was a wartime agreement); 2) to discuss an inter-hemispheric defense agreement under which the U.S. would undertake to furnish standardized arms to all Western Hemisphere nations. So far, Spruille Braden, unwilling to let Argentina in, has refused to set a date for it. Until that conference is held, Latins will still...
This morning he stood eyeing the chute which led from cages in the barn. He had four young, 200-lb. lion cubs up on pedestals around the practice cage. He was putting them into the act for the first time and he was waiting to see how the rest of the cats would act. His two striped sinuous tigers, Prince and Roger, stopped and snarled before they leaped to their shelf. But the five big old lions looked all right as they came...
...them back to their places. Two of the cubs were down; one was dead with a broken neck and the other was torn up and dying. The other two scuttled off into the chute. Dick got each big cat out in turn, and ended the act right. He was not hurt...
...about six months ago, and have repeated the request at least once. The U.S. refused. Reasons: 1) if Britain needed A-bombs, it could only be in case of war with Russia, in which case Britain would be assured of prompt and effective U.S. help; 2) the Atomic Energy Act would have to be changed if bombs are to be exported; 3) if Russia heard about such a move, there would be a terrible uproar...
...most corrupt and boldly manipulated in the postwar Balkans. The Government had denied the opposition radio time, newsprint for its papers, transportation for its candidates. The Democratic Front's risingsun symbol was plastered every where, including polling places. In one brewery, workers were treated to a one-act play entitled Vote the Sun, then marched in to vote...