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Word: centralize (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...however, three separate kitchens are maintained, the Central Kitchen staff will probably respond favorably to the pressure of competition by raising its standards, he said...

Author: By Walter L. Goldfrank, | Title: Bullitt Criticizes Proposal For Standard House Menus | 3/12/1959 | See Source »

...Russian tradition of beginning a meal with tart foods and ending with sweet ones, Macmillan remained receptive yet firm. He had come, he said, to explain the position of the West and to learn at first hand the attitude of the Russians on the problem of Berlin and central Europe...

Author: By Bartle Bull, | Title: The Lion and the Bear | 3/10/1959 | See Source »

...information is that Khrushchev has indirectly retreated from his ultimatum to hand over the corridors to Berlin to the East German government on May 27. He has done this by backing down and accepting Western demands for a conference of Foreign Ministers, which would presumably negotiate plans for Berlin, Central Europe and a summit meeting. Thus, Macmillan's most important achievement is that by convincing Khrushchev that solutions may be reached by negotiation rather than by ultimatums and force, he has made the international situation less explosive...

Author: By Bartle Bull, | Title: The Lion and the Bear | 3/10/1959 | See Source »

...Will Not Hesitate." Late in January the Central African Federation government began to hear disturbing reports about a secret meeting of Nyasa nationalists in a forest near Blantyre. Within days, the first incidents began-an attack on two white veterinarians, a demonstration in Kotakota that had to be broken up with tear gas, the stoning of European cars in Blantyre. Then one morning in the wooded northern tip of Nyasaland, something far more serious started: a series of apparently coordinated attacks against government airfields and installations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NYASALAND: Huggermugger Trouble | 3/9/1959 | See Source »

...Salvador could use some capital infusion. The Massachusetts-sized country on the Pacific Coast of Central America still derives 60% of its export income from big coffee plantations owned mostly by a handful of rich old families. The farm wage has not yet topped 60? a day for the illiterate Indian masses, who are trucked to the polls every six years to vote their approval of the planters' latest officer-candidate for President. The head count of 2,400,000 citizens ranks El Salvador as the most crowded nation on the American continents, and population, despite an infant mortality...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EL SALVADOR: The Full Enchilada | 3/9/1959 | See Source »

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