Word: beset
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...being kept away from the shores of this country by the joint action of your diplomacy and the organization of your civil defense; whereas for the Latin American countries such as Brazil it is chiefly a domestic problem because it has roots in the hardships which beset large segments of the population...
...island labor unions, and these unions have the powerful outside backing of the A.F.L.-C.I.O., whose roving European Ambassador Irving Brown argues: "When we attack totalitarian systems, we can't justify an American company in Cyprus refusing its workers the right to organize." The company now finds itself beset by pickets, by recently raised taxes (from 35% to 42½% of net profits) and by the uncertainty of Cyprus' political future. Says the company's undeterred resident director, Robert J. Hendricks: "We hope to stay in Cyprus for a long time. Americans abroad have responsibilities. When...
Hail to Sol Randall: iconoclast, philosopher, non-seeker after the ranking deity of the U.S.: Success. Sol correctly senses the futility of making a success out of marriage with a social-climbing, materialistic female, so he faces the breakup without regret. . . . The ills that beset the Randalls can be found to a greater or lesser degree in so many U.S. marriages and in Yolaine's edict: "No money...
...entirely new wings and new controls, developed by working with electronic computers and countless wind-tunnel models. Fuselage design was an even tougher problem. When Convair's F-102 was first designed, the fuselage swept straight back from nose to tail. In the air, the F-102 was beset by mysterious buffeting as it approached the sound barrier. Only after extensive tests did engineers discover the trouble: shock waves were piling up where the wings joined the fuselage...
Three weeks ago, beset by the threats of strikes among Italy's teachers and civil servants, Premier Antonio Segni passed out an average raise of 12% to every civil servant-an annual total of $425 million. Compared to Italy's gross national product, this generous gesture was equivalent to raising the cost of government in the U.S. by $7 billion at one stroke. Everybody agrees that 1) Italian civil servants are underpaid, 2) Italy's 1,000,000-man bureaucracy is inefficient, cumbersome. Segni, before raising the pay, had had parliamentary permission to change the system...