Word: americans
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...trying to strengthen the bill, Halleck and his allies will gain strength from the same argument that Rayburn used on labor's Meany: the American people mean business about labor racketeering, and they want a tough bill. The only question between them is how tough...
...favorite British myth that dies hard is that two Englishmen stranded on a desert island would not speak until properly introduced. Many an American tourist has found the silence in a British railway carriage oppressive. But last week, with an air of discovery, the Manchester Guardian reported the existence in England of something called the Conversing Travelers' Association. The Guardian triumphantly uncovered "what appear to be two facts about the association: it was formed at Letchworth in 1950, and it now has about 1,000 members indulging, as a matter of principle, in 'topical conversation with strangers...
...larger Coney Island with peculiar Mediterranean overtones. Last year Capri's 9,000 inhabitants watched 1,250,690 visitors scurry about the island; this year even more tourists are expected. Recoiling at the mere memory of Capri's milling mob of middle-class humanity, one starchy American matron indignantly proclaimed: "And for this I gave up a papal audience...
...third convention of the National Association of Syrian Lebanese American Clubs had been arranged, in the words of its president, Cosmo Ansara of Springfield, Mass., "to reintroduce the older people who were born over here to their former homeland and to give the second generation an opportunity to see for themselves the places from which their parents came." Added Joseph Sado of New York: "We believe that we are acting in consonance with President Eisenhower's people-to-people program...
...successful emigrant had freighted his American car (a mid-50s model) back to Lebanon to impress his home villagers. He had a rude awakening. "They've all got 1959 models!" he complained. Premier Rashid Karami, Maronite Patriarch Paul Meouchi (once of Los Angeles), and even usually aloof President Fuad Chehab posed smilingly for pictures with the visitors. Most of the expatriates seemed glad to see the old country, but would they like to stay? "Of course I'm going back," snapped one conventioner. "I just came here to dream...