Word: amidst
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...year-old, lay in state, guarded by four East Berlin athletes. He had been shot in the back of his neck, but no one knew by whom. Communist newspapers promptly published letters from "patriotic mothers," pledging their sons to the People's Police in place of Martyr Just. Amidst such competition in martyrdom, 1,520 refugees fled to the West in one day, a new record...
...When they asked him for details, he obligingly observed: "She's got a personality that's hard to beat, and the best body of any girl I ever met." Many an editor and reporter found himself in the same fix as father Jorgensen, who blurted out amidst all the uproar: "This business is very confusing. I'll be in the middle of a conversation and I'll say 'he' when I mean...
...world war ... or maybe 30 years of cold war, which would be just as fatal." Echoing Malenkov, Nenni said that Russia "has no designs of conquest, since she considers her own security guaranteed." Then he had a quote from Stalin: "Our Revolution is not for export." At that point, amidst genuine laughter, someone shouted: "Mussolini said that...
...Putting in sewers in Brooklyn. 28. The name of an American businessman, W. Alton Jones, has cropped up amidst the turbulent oil situation...
...this week began, Adlai Stevenson came up to bat before the convention. Amidst shouts of approval, Stevenson declared that he favored repeal of the Taft-Hartley Law-"not a recap job with reclaimed Republican rubber." He urged that the Department of Labor be given more funds and functions, and called for the presence of more labor representatives in "positions of key responsibility in Government." The delegates who had given Ike a tepid reception now whistled and shouted, "Pour it on, Steve." With the Stevenson speech over, the A.F.L. Executive Council recommended that federation members support Adlai Stevenson for the presidency...