Word: broking
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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They received, of course, no sympathy, only fear and suspicion. This, plus the impact of the McCarthy hearings on their careers, broke some of them. Others faded away and forgot about China for awhile...
...that was before he broke...
...came from Italy's businessmen, who are looking ever more intently toward Russia for new markets. "Wherever We Can."Italian businessmen have a long tradition of separating their personal ideologies from their public practices. Thus, at a state dinner in Rome's tapestry-hung Quirinale Palace, Podgorny broke bread and chatted ami- ably with Fiat's Gianni Agnelli, whose company's struggle with Communist trade unions embittered the immediate postwar years; with Giorgio Valerio, the head of Montecatini-Edison, the electric giant, whose hatred for the left is so virulent that he considered the center-left...
...from Taipei to Saigon. The decision to dismiss Co had already been made at a meeting of the military Directory a few days before, and Ky did not want Co around Saigon to spark any possible retaliatory coup in his absence. When the news of Go's downfall broke in Saigon, both the Premier and his enemy were well clear of the scene...
...rebels go free provided that they laid down their arms. Having exhausted the hotel's bar supply, the rebels packed up and left with only jeers for the soldiers rimmed around the hotel. The truce, however, was short-lived. When a new series of anti-Somoza demonstrations broke out, the government closed down two opposition papers and five Managua radio stations, searched homes and stores for arms and arrested 130 opposition leaders. Aguero himself ducked into hiding, then at week's end suddenly reappeared to announce that he still intended to run in the election, scheduled for next...