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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...left Amman in early March, traveled leisurely past Formosa and Hawaii, hit the U.S. mainland at San Francisco. In Washington, Hussein was greeted by Vice President Nixon, feted by President Eisenhower. Said Ike to the sinewy little (5 ft. 7 in.) monarch at a White House luncheon: "Since the American people honor and admire courage, they have for you a real feeling of friendliness and admiration." Replied Hussein: "We believe in the same things and we have the same path...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Welcome Mat | 4/6/1959 | See Source »

Brazil's Lott, 64, scheduled to arrive this week (see HEMISPHERE), could boast closer U.S. ties than the other guests. Lott's daughter is married to an American. One of Dutch-English-descended Teixeira Lott's 17 grandchildren is, as a result, Brazilian-American-descended William Nelson Monies, 8, of Springfield...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Welcome Mat | 4/6/1959 | See Source »

...realize that the Communists have a special code language which we must deal with. We've got to specify which dictionary meaning we are using for a whole collection of special words like peace, free world, aggression, and the like-the Communist dictionary or the American." Some definitions in the Communist dictionary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OPINION: Insectivization | 4/6/1959 | See Source »

...leaves for a 100-day trip to India, where another of his mobile health units will be donated-and early next year he plans to go to visit Korea. Says he: "It's amazing how little it costs you to be generous. I don't believe the American people have any idea of how far $10 can go in a foreign country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN AID: Life for New Chorwon | 4/6/1959 | See Source »

...Said Benson, speaking to 2,300 farmers gathered for Farm and Home Week at Cornell University: "Farmers recognize that the old basic-crop legislation is outmoded. It has placed ineffective bureaucratic controls on farmers, destroyed markets, piled up surpluses, and imposed heavy burdens on taxpayers . . . The voice of the American farmer calls in louder and louder tones for more freedom to act and less Government interference. If this is what farmers want, what are we waiting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AGRICULTURE: Louder for Less | 4/6/1959 | See Source »

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