Word: actions
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...people want constructive action coupled with campaign promises. In the personality and record of Hubert H. Humphrey the people of Minnesota saw the dynamo of action needed for the fulfilling of their dream-the human-welfare state . . . They wanted a clean-up on the housing mess, the health problem, the tax situation, the labor snarl and half a dozen other national stumbling blocks...
...fellow desperadoes, high-spirited American youngsters, had already made a name for themselves as "Athens' Dead End Kids." Written with a mother's lipstick, the note had been slipped under the general's door while the gang was at play in the corridor. Action recommended: sound spankings. Action taken: as recommended...
Like bouquets at the opening night of a smash hit, de facto recognitions showered down on the new, muscle-flexing state of Israel. They came from France, the Benelux countries, Australia, New Zealand, Switzerland.* Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Iceland promised action soon. Most important of all, recognition was announced by Great Britain...
Since Mapai is committed to negotiations rather than military action as the way to peace, the election results might put new life in the Jewish-Egyptian peace talks going on under U.N. auspices at Rhodes. Both sides were making minor concessions but holding fast to major positions. The atmosphere was that of "a comfortable chess game," but a Briton from the Foreign Office said that if his government should join the U.S. in putting on pressure for peace, a formula would pop up at Rhodes in short order...
...cameras got action right away. Louis St. Laurent rose to make his first appearance in Parliament as Prime Minister and leader of the reigning Liberal Party. He was tense and nervous. Directly across the aisle from him sat George Alexander Drew, the new boss of the rival Progressive Conservative Party. St. Laurent started to read the traditional greeting. It turned out to be a backhanded slap at Conservative Party policy. "Politics . . . cheap politics," cried the Tory M.P.s...