Word: call
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...then, the U.S. on the brink of war? asked a reporter. Dulles made no effort to pull back from this gibe at what his critics like to call his policy of brinkmanship. "If anybody studies history they will find that the world has been always on the brink of war. The great reason why we have had so many wars is that people take it for granted that there isn't going to be any war. They get complacent and do not make the necessary efforts to avoid war. It's only by being conscious of the fact...
...Germans call Erhard "Herr Optimist." Says Erhard: "I'm no optimist, but a realist who knows the capacity of free-market economy...
...first time since Hungary, the Communists grew bold enough to call a nationwide demonstration demanding "peace in Algeria...
...amidst the pollution, France still had no government. Conservative Antoine Pinay, the third man to try to end the present crisis, carried his candidacy to the National Assembly, where he warned of "financial disaster," demanded power to dissolve the Assembly and call for new elections if he should lose a vote within the next year. France's Deputies do not like to be threatened with elections; they slapped down Pinay...
...exiled foes last week formed a united front, at a meeting that joined Castro's fanatic student worshipers to Old-pro politicOS such as ex-President Carlos Prio Socarras in a "Cuban Liberation Council." The council's first demand: formation of a provisional government that "will call general elections as quickly as possible...