Word: behest
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...country where monopoly has never aroused much concern, the government can be expected to back the trend. Japan's Fair Trade Commission, which was set up under vague antitrust laws enacted at U.S. behest during the Occupation, has yet to rule against any major merger...
...Painting in France, 1900-1967," an exhibit of 150 paintings assembled by the French government at the behest of the U.S.'s International Exhibitions Foundation, is an ambitious attempt on the part of Culture Minister André Malraux to demonstrate that, as one of his minions puts it, France in the arts is still capable of "inventing the future." The proof is uphill work, for (non-French) authorities agree that, while Paris blazed the trails prior to World War II, since then the leadership has migrated across the Atlantic. Nonetheless, France can still claim a few pioneers in the realm...
Olympic Prince. Franco, on the other hand, seems to favor Juan Carlos, who is now 30, lives in Madrid and is much more tractable than his father. At Franco's behest, the handsome Prince has been getting a full course in the government of Spain. He holds commissions from all three Spanish military academies and is now making the rounds of all Cabinet ministries, learning the ropes in long sessions with each minister. Juan Carlos also sees Franco from time to time, and the Spanish press is sometimes allowed to portray him as a popular hero. An avid sportsman...
...keep the devil at bay, Feisal last week let it be known that he would not attend the Arab Summit Conference tentatively scheduled to begin in Rabat on Jan. 17. Feisal resents the fact that the conference and its subject-Israel-were arranged at Nasser's behest and convenience, fears that Nasser will put the bite on him for more money. Feisal has no intention of increasing his payments. Indeed, he has taken advantage of the Egyptian withdrawal from Yemen to promote a Royalist offensive against the Republican capital of San'a. If he can dislodge the Yemeni...
...Washington Democrat Warren G. Magnuson, the Senate's chief anti-smoking warrior. The commission, which had called a halt to the tobacco industry's health-prompted "tar derby" back in 1960 on grounds that no standard testing methods existed, reversed itself last year at Magnuson's behest. With the new rankings, which will be revised periodically, Magnuson hopes that now "the American smoker will choose his poison" and force the industry into another derby...