Word: cede
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...will continue to be the aggressors. But it does not follow that in all parts and phases of that struggle the U.S. and its allies should accept a merely passive, defensive role. Not all of the fight need be under circumstances chosen by the enemy. The policeman need not cede to the criminal all decision as to the pace and place and nature of the struggle...
...Dutch cede them sovereignty over West New Guinea. The Dutch had countered with proposals for 1) a plebiscite among the colony's primitive Melanesian tribesmen, 2) a New Guinea Council with Indonesian representation, 3) a condominium under The Netherlands-Indonesian Union, 4) continued negotiation through the U.N. Last week, on the conference's closing day, the Indonesians rejected all halfway measures: "We cannot accept the continuation of Dutch administration in West Irian ... a territory which in our opinion is a part of our country." Two days later Minister Rum flew back home...
Crows & Bombing Planes. In 1895, after its defeat in the Sino-Japanese War, China was forced to cede Formosa to Japan. Admiral Viscount Kabayama, appointed Japan's first governor general, sailed down to Formosa in triumph, released from his flagship as a sign of victory a pair of crows. Their descendants still make Formosan daybreaks raucous...
...resume the throne and assume again his full constitutional powers. 2. Another plebiscite be held. 3. He abdicate in favor of his son, Prince Baudouin. 4. He return to the throne and then temporarily cede his powers to his son. 5. The monarchy be abandoned in favor of a Republican form of government...
...years, the Belgian people this week heard the voice of their exiled King. In a seven-minute speech, recorded in Switzerland and put on the radio in Belgium, Leopold outlined a compromise plan for his return. He asked that he be recalled to the throne, whereupon he would "temporarily" cede the royal powers to his 19-year-old son Baudouin. In Brussels anti-Leopoldists asked: How long is "temporarily...