Word: attendant
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...TIME. April 25, 1955). When Ike asked for a free hand in dealing with the Formosa area crisis, George's support produced an overwhelming bipartisan vote of confidence. His early, public espousal of a Big Four meeting was a key factor in the President's decision to attend the summit conference at Geneva last summer...
...fling herself on her husband's funeral pyre. Enlightened British rule put a legal end to the practice of suttee (widow suicide), but the widow's lot has remained a poor one. Under Hindu laws, widows are not permitted to wear jewelry, bright clothing, makeup. They cannot attend wedding or birthday celebrations. Under strict laws of inheritance dating back 3,000 years, a Hindu's property is strictly entailed, passing from father to son over the generations and bypassing the women entirely. If a Hindu widow's son or grandson proves ungenerous, she has no recourse...
Roman Jakobson, Cross Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures, quietly left the country on Monday morning for Moscow, where he will attend a meeting of the interim committee of the International Conference for Slavic Philology...
Birkhoff explained that the conference, sponsored by the Academy of Sciences, conflicted with previous commitments and it "didn't seem practical" for him to attend. "I am declining with regret. But Russia is a long distance away...
...most colorful and controversial of Brazil's traditionally high-voltage politicians, was welcomed warmly by Vice President Nixon, talked at length with Secretary of State Dulles, dropped in to chat with President Eisenhower, conferred earnestly with A.F.L.-C.I.O. Chief George Meany, and still had time to attend all the formal dinners and receptions that go with a state visit...