Word: built
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...NATO powers are in Paris to meet one logical, overriding need: to preserve the deterrent military-political power that has kept the cold war cold, built a military foundation for West European prosperity. The new threat: Sputnik and the Soviet experimental intercontinental ballistic missile. The new military response: deployment of intermediate-range ballistic missiles in closeup NATO bases around the Russian heartland...
Hopeful, Thankful & Glad. Though he suffered through two heart attacks, Holt journeyed to Korea eight times. In Seoul he built his own orphanage, now supervised by two of his daughters. Back home, he turned the Holt playroom into a bustling office, hired secretaries to deal with requests from potential foster parents. The Holts now keep three bulging file cases: Hopeful ("Letters from people hoping for a child"), Thankful ("A child has been assigned and is awaiting transportation in Korea") and Glad ("The child is in America...
...center of political power of the Western world was lodged this week in a bleak, jerry-built room across the Seine from the Eiffel Tower. The blue felt table around which sat 14 chiefs of Western governments† was diplomatically round. But in reality, the man at the head of the table was unquestionably and inevitably the man who represented the U.S. From the minute President Eisenhower arrived...
...argues against any new NATO political institutions, but declares that the "habit" of political consultation among NATO members must be built up over the years...
Both the varsity's first and second lines did not look good tonight and this fact may be partly attributed to the below par performances of the two centers, Cleary and Bob McVey. The attack of the two lines is in many respects built around these key players and when they are off, the line just does not function. On several instances, the wings would reach the opponents' blue line a good bit before their centers did and as a result, the attack lost much of its punch...