Word: bargainings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...hugely amused when he put on the earphones over which simultaneous translations were to be made, and got only static; West German Ambassador to U.S. Wilhelm Grewe had dripped fruit juice onto the wiring, causing a short circuit. Eisenhower more than satisfied Adenauer that he was not about to bargain away West Germany's rights in his talks with Khrushchev, that he meant rather to convince Khrushchev of free-world strength and free-world purpose...
Under Mitchell's urging, President Eisenhower released the report to quiet a rising congressional chorus for action by the Administration. Ike hoped that by publishing some indisputable facts on the impasse and admonishing both sides to bargain harder, the Administration could build up public pressure for a quick peace without breaking his promise not to interfere directly. To offend nobody, Mitchell called in both combatants beforehand, showed what he intended to release, made some minor changes suggested by each. Neither side quibbled with the final report, but neither was moved. Said Mitchell: "Management and labor already know these facts...
...headed Warsaw, says Gibney, is full of "tattered signboards with their promise of a bargain-basement brotherhood of man," and at the same time it is more Catholic than any European capital except Rome ("and more sincerely so than Rome, one suspects"). Old World charm still contends with the Reds' brave new world: "Nowhere else do so many Communists kiss so many ladies' hands." Poland today "is a place where Marxist theoreticians argue with Americans in night clubs, [where] TV commercials can be permitted on the same channels that pledge the 'workers' society...
...that Congress passed another bill canceling out the provision he disliked. "We are in full agreement that the independence of the executive and legislative branches must be preserved," said the President as he signed the TVA bill. The Senate promptly carried out its share of the bargain, by voice vote, and the House, which had already adjourned for the week, got ready to act this week...
Foreign carriers have rushed into the U.S. in such numbers that 40 now draw from the U.S. market v. 22 in 1949. Most of them get far more than U.S. carriers out of the bargain, often add extra flights to siphon off as many passengers as possible in violation of the spirit of the Bermuda agreement. In return for permitting Pan American to serve Amsterdam, KLM flies into New York and Houston. Result: last year KLM collected $29.4 million on 86,225 U.S. passengers, while Pan Am got only $1,700,000 from 2,842 Dutch passengers. While cutting into...