Word: auguste
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...first time: in August 1957, to fight against a threatened congressional slash in foreign...
...Geneva talks to break down," said Bevan. "If they do, it will be largely because the Western powers are anxious to avoid a summit conference." As though it might fix things, Bevan added that he and Labor Party Leader Hugh Gaitskell will go to Moscow in August "to try to undo the harm Mr. Macmillan did when he went there...
...Times was wrong, who had misinformed it? The wits of May fair could not decide whether the culprit was someone who wanted to get rid of Selwyn Lloyd or ensure his continuance in office. The simplest explanation was that the august Times of London-by blowing up run-of-the-mill speculation-had goofed, and the lesson of it was that the once mighty Thunderer is really now, as so many Fleet Streeters call it, old Aunty of Printing House Square. The further consequence of the flap was that plodding Selwyn Lloyd could now consider himself more secure...
...call a special grand jury to consider only one case. The ruling was convenient for Coleman. Since he is himself running forthe state legislature and backing a hand-picked candidate to succeed him as Governor, it could be mighty embarrassing to have the Parker case come up before the August primary...
...things do not happen that way in Ceylon. Constitutionally, the government need not resign unless it loses a vote on the budget-which does not come up until August. Besides, Bandaranaike quickly patched up a new alliance with Parliament's three Communists and 14 Trotskyites, who resent Gunawardena's energetic bid for personal publicity and power. Trading on the jealousies that divide Ceylon's varied Marxists, Bandaranaike hopes to serve out his term till 1961, and seems secure for perhaps six months...