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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Syria and Lebanon were for all-out war by League members and economic pressure on backers of the U.N. partition plan. But Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Trans-Jordan advised caution. In his desert fortress-capital at Riyadh, King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia said that reports that he would cancel U.S. oil concessions were "untrue and irresponsible." "Our friendship with the U.S. is solid and well established,'' said Ibn Saud. "We believe [the U.S.] made a mistake in the U.N. Palestine decision, but we hope [the U.S.] will correct...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MIDDLE EAST: Heads Together | 12/22/1947 | See Source »

...after the Communist Party had been outlawed, two months after diplomatic relations with Russia had been broken, Brazil's House of Deputies was still arguing about what to do with the one Communist Senator (Leader Luis Carlos Prestes) and 16 Deputies who still held office. A bill to cancel the Communists' mandates recently passed the Senate. Last fortnight, it got out of a House committee, whereupon the Communists tried to stall it by proposing no less than 320 amendments. This week, on the floor, they were ready with another tried & true parliamentary technique-the filibuster...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRAZIL: Filibuster | 12/22/1947 | See Source »

...adamant, eleventh-hour decision, the Student Council last night voted overwhelmingly to cancel distribution of a poll that would have given University students the opportunity to accept or reject a voluntary food rationing program at Harvard. The poll was to be taken today...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Council Vetoes Conservation Poll; Members Disapprove Plaque Plan | 11/13/1947 | See Source »

...next day, as his personal contribution to the food-saving program, he announced that he would cancel the five customary state dinners at the White House this winter. When asked by a group of editorial writers whether the U.S. would get any credit for its foreign-aid efforts, he replied: "We're not doing this for credit. We are doing this because it's right and necessary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: I Know the Troubles... | 10/27/1947 | See Source »

...First, he called Moffett's accusations of overcharging the Navy "absolutely false." Then Rodgers threw a Sunday punch. Moffett, he implied, was firing off his charges because he was trying to get control of Arabian oil himself. A year ago, Moffett had tried to persuade Ibn Saud to cancel Aramco's concession, give it to Moffett & friends. If Ibn Saud did, Moffett promised to double his royalties...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OIL: The Smell of Scandal? | 5/5/1947 | See Source »

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