Word: backed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Bandit in the House. In Phoenix, Ariz., Mrs. Geraldine McDonald asked police to remove a slot machine from a closet in her home, averred that her children were putting all their allowance money into it, and their stepfather, who owns the machine, refused to give the money back...
This notice of intentions-elaborately written in the language of peace and plenty at the American fair, convincingly repeated in the language of unashamed power by Nixon-was the essence of the new diplomacy. It riled some old-style folks. Huffed the London Daily Express: "A disgraceful performance . . . Back to the days of secret diplomacy is the best prospect for world peace...
Nixon's opposite number, First -Deputy Premier Frol Kozlov, only ten days back from opening the Soviet Exhibition in Manhattan and his tour of the U.S. (TIME...
...representing the President of the U.S. Mr. Khrushchev and Mr. Eisenhower are alike in one respect. They are both men who had humble beginnings and came to the top. The Prime Minister was once a miner. The President worked his way through school, and among his jobs was the back-breaking job of carrying...
...treason charge, he opened his veins, chatted airily with his friends, recited some light poetry; then, placing a manicured thumb to an elegant nose, he wrote out a definitive list of Nero's bed partners and sent it off to the emperor before he lay back...