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Word: actioneers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Under Secretary of State (for Economic Affairs) C. Douglas Dillon. "Either we move ahead to get rid of outmoded trade restrictions," he told the 54 nations represented at the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) meeting in Tokyo, "or we can expect a resurgence of protectionism and restrictive action." Two days later he told members of the America-Japan Society: "During the era of the so-called 'dollar shortage' we were disposed to be passive about foreign discriminations against our exports and to listen with sympathy, if not always full belief, to the arguments for continuing stringent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: Rap from Rich Uncle | 11/9/1959 | See Source »

...cannot be elected President. As a politician who has run for high public office twice and won twice, he does not carry Adlai Stevenson's stigma of past defeats. Though he has voted a straight liberal line in the U.S. Senate-certified and approved by Americans for Democratic Action-he has escaped the 200-proof-liberal label that afflicts Hubert Humphrey. And while Southern ties make him tolerable to many delegates from the South, he is not burdened with Lyndon Johnson's probably fatal handicap of being thought of as a Southerner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEMOCRATS: Everybody's No. 2 | 11/9/1959 | See Source »

Noisy Uproar. Indians, who had long dismissed such notions as cold war fantasies, were alarmed, and never had they been so outspoken over the see-no-evil policies of Jawaharlal Nehru. Socialists marched on the Prime Minister's residence to demand stronger action, and the All-India Students' Congress called for mass demonstrations this week to mark "Throw Back the Aggressors Day"; other youths sought volunteers to man a "Himalayan Border Defense Organization." In London, Indian students inquired about returning home for military conscription. Even many Indian Communists were openly criticizing China's troublemaking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: The Dragon's Breath | 11/9/1959 | See Source »

Stanton said CBS is ready to help formulate new legislation aimed at deceit. But he repeatedly opposed any action resembling censorship...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: UN Questions Laotian Charges That Chinese Invaded Viet Nam; Harris Seeks TV Practices Law | 11/7/1959 | See Source »

...quarterbacks except Charlie Ravenel are expected to see action this morning when the Crimson junior varsity football team plays the Princeton squad. Game time is 10:30 at Soldiers Field...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Unbeaten J.V.'s Face Tiger Football Team | 11/7/1959 | See Source »

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