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...organized labor before the conservative advocates of strong legislation convince the nation that what is needed is vigorous legislation to control the entire labor movement. Whether is follows the lead of the administration or that of Senator Kennedy, labor faces more than a challenge: it has a chance to avert a crisis which will become progressively more serious unless remedial action is taken...

Author: By Stephen F. Jencks, | Title: Labor Pains | 3/4/1959 | See Source »

...from eight years of exile in Paris to begin the process of uniting his divided country. He accepted Apra support for the presidential election, in return legalized the party when he won. For this, the oligarchs labeled him a traitor to his class. Actually, the Prado-Apra alliance may avert the class struggle between the oligarchs and the Indian masses that historians (mindful of the Mexican revolution) predict. Apra turned right and met Prado going left...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PERU: Working Alliance | 2/16/1959 | See Source »

...what White called "a move to avert defeat," Peterson, charged with inactivity throughout his tenure, introduced a program of revitalization...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: White's Backers Gain Pre-Election Victory | 2/3/1959 | See Source »

President Eisenhower and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles were reported yesterday to be hopeful their talks with the Soviety deputy premier may lead eventually to a softening of Moscow's German policies. They particularly hope to avert a war-threatening crisis over Berlin...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: U.S. to Consult Allies on Plans For Big Four German Parley; Castro Ridicules Batista Threat | 1/19/1959 | See Source »

...investigate" the troubled Syrian situation, Nasser announced appointment of a three-man committee, including his police boss, Zakaria Mohieddin, and Vice President Akram Hourani, the Baath Socialist leader who rushed his country into union with Egypt last year precisely to avert a Communist takeover...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE MIDDLE EAST: Turning Point | 1/5/1959 | See Source »

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