Word: affair
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...complicating factor in Hungary-which doubtless made Moscow bold-was that simultaneously the West was involved in the tragic affair of Suez. The buildup to Suez: 1) Dulles angered Egypt's Dictator Nasser when he pulled back U.S. aid from the Aswan Dam in retaliation for Nasser's acceptance of Red arms; 2) Nasser seized the Suez Canal; 3) Dulles tried with U.S. allies, with the U.N., to work out a solution and failed. But when Britain, France and Israel launched a sudden attack against Egypt without notice to the U.S., Dulles took the toughest stand for principle...
...young man, admits to a complete lack of talent in art and athletics but gets straight A's in everything else. Physics Teacher Morris Hoffman says the boy is "lightning fast in his thinking; a test that takes most students 40 minutes is a five-to-ten-minute affair for Bill. He never had a formal biology course, and quite a bit of the general aptitude tests are based on biology. He said, 'Oh, I got a book and read it.' He can see right to the crux of a matter. He'll be a great...
...England, far from the excitement. She took the news with the objectivity that came to Hollywood only on the morning after. "I hope this award means cash, hard cash." said she. "Never mind the honor." Her hopes, as all Hollywood knew, were sure to be justified, and the affair was hardly over before the whole town was trying to ride the winners' publicity...
...anything, hearty Geoffrey Fisher seemed relieved at having one less official affair to sit through. On a quick tour of the Far East, he had plenty to do in Japan. He wanted to visit Kobe to consecrate St. Michael's Cathedral and see various Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples. What did he most want to see in Japan? Replied Fisher: "What I most wanted to see was Bishop Michael Hinsuke Yashiro [Japan's Anglican Presiding Bishop]-and I am very happy to have seen...
...speech Grotewohl declared: "The question of reunification is an internal German affair and will not be a matter for debate at Geneva...