Word: agreements
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Comintern: a proposal to organize an "Information Bureau," composed of two representatives from each of the central committees of the Communist Parties at the congress. Official purpose: "To organize and exchange experience and, in case of necessity, coordinate the activity of Communist parties on foundations of mutual agreement." Headquarters: Belgrade, conveniently close to the seething situations on the frontiers of Greece and Trieste...
...flying time. Actually, the grievance was a minor point. The union's chief complaint was that A.O.A. had not given its bargaining agents enough authority to come to terms, that company officials were "stalling." After bargaining for 20 months, the union had voted in August to strike if agreement was not soon reached. American Overseas replied that Behncke had walked out on the negotiations and that it would not negotiate until the pilots went back to work. To back up these words, American Overseas prepared to lay off most of its 2,081 other U.S. employees, and began dickering...
...typical tragedy. When young Red Army Senior Lieut. Alexis Kovalev was ordered back to Russia, he slashed his wrists. But he was rushed to one of Berlin's American hospitals and recovered. He pleaded for help to get to the U.S. zone. Because of a U.S.Russian agreement to return each other's soldiery, his pleas were vain. When Red Army MPs came for him, Kovalev fought until they clapped a strait jacket on him. Hospital attendants last saw him in a Red Army ambulance beating his head against the side panels, trying to kill himself...
...Nanking, Chinese General Chang Chih-chung addressed an open letter to Achmadjahm: "What is the meaning of your withdrawal? ... Is it the abrogation of our Peace Agreement? Is another armed rebellion being hatched? ... If you have no intention against peace you will return to Tihua and reopen negotiations with the Government...
...verbal agreement with William J. Hingham '16, Watson had agreed to clear the gymnasium floor by October 20, in time for full fall basketball practice. The University Housing office, to meet the earlier deadline, has been working nights, Watson stated...