Word: adopts
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...house of Cecil-spoke memorable words on the West's attitude toward Asian Communism. Said he: "I understand that our recognition of [the Chinese Communist] government has conferred no advantages on our traders, whom it was mainly intended to help . . . The impression is given . . . that India intends to adopt a detached attitude and act as an honest broker between the two parties. My Lords, it is impossible to act as an honest broker between right and wrong...
...deep-seated popular reaction. Juan Peron, who understands his people very well, lost no time in telling them what they wanted to hear. "This afternoon," the President announced to a trade-union meeting, "I was asked in connection with a very important international matter what attitude I would adopt . . . Argentina knows what she has got to do today, and what she will do tomorrow. She will do so in her own good time and for her own benefit-not for anybody else...
...framework of the price support program, the plight of the farm workers can be alleviated. It should be made a condition that any farmer availing himself of the federal price support must adopt a farming program which includes, among other things, all-year-round farming activities through the raising of overlapping crops or combination of crops . . . Under the price support, it should be a must relationship between the employing farmer and the hired hand that the latter . . . be covered by the social security compensation insurance...
...Globe & News (circ. 60,079) jeered at the Truman Administration for its indecisive policy in the Far East. Wrote Izzard: "Will we go to war over Korea? Not now. Maybe later-many years from now. You see, Russia plans her moves knowing [that we will merely] issue protests and adopt resolutions [while] the Reds will move right along . . ." But the next day, when President Truman ordered U.S. military aid to the South Koreans, astonished Editor Izzard stood up and cheered: "Today we are proud to be an American. At last the United States has come to an abrupt halt...
...Gross sharply denounced North Korea's "wholly illegal and unprovoked attack" as a "threat to international peace and security." On behalf of the U.S. he urged the Council to adopt a resolution demanding that the North Koreans cease fire and withdraw their troops to the 38th parallel...