Word: backed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Winston Burdett and U.P.I.'s Larry Collins, got similar calls. The only explanation given the three men, none of whom had been in Iraq for more than 18 days on this visit: "You have been here long enough." As he packed up hurriedly for the trip back to his base in Beirut, McHale had a wry reaction to the inscription Kassem had written on his autographed photo. It read: "This is my gift to every noble newsman who battles for freedom of the people everywhere in the world." For a distillation of McHale's report, see FOREIGN NEWS...
...because of their beliefs in the possibilities with some kind of grounds for such a belief that real measures can be discussed profitably by all of us." He stressed that a foreign ministers' meeting must first show "progress"-but he was notably vague about what "progress" meant. Back home in Britain, Macmillan simply told the House of Commons: "As regards the likelihood of a summit meeting, I would say everybody seems to think there will...
...Congress, Easter is a time for rest after the first labors of the new year. For wise Congressmen the long Easter recess is also a time for clearing the head of Washington's political vapors and finding out what is in the minds of the folks back home. In 1958 the Easter recess served a key purpose: in Washington, the temptation to fight recession with a spending spree had been almost overwhelming. But when the Congressmen got home at Easter, they discovered to their general astonishment that there was little sentiment for wild pump-priming. That discovery shaped much...
...Firing back, Administration officials said they were "amazed" at the report, insisted that they still expect a 1960 budget balance. Evidence so far this year, announced the Treasury Department, indicates that the income estimates in the President's budget are "sound and well justified...
Early in 1956 marauding Khambas from towns bearing such names as Amdo, Goluk and Derge began ambushing isolated Chinese units. The Reds waited until several Khamba tribes gathered together for their summer encampment, then struck back with a savage air strafing and bombardment. The Khambas grimly surrounded a Chinese base at Kardezh in eastern Tibet, forced the Reds to supply it by airlift. Other Khambas cut roads, raided munitions depots, tied down troops. Chinese settlers brought in by the Communists wilted under the savage Tibetan climate, native hostility, armed attack. Tibetan Communists or loyal government workers proved difficult to recruit...