Word: centralize
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Southerners arrived in Washington determined to second the vote of the Louisiana Democratic State Central Committee and oust moderation-minded Louisiana National Committeeman Camille F. Gravel Jr., who, since 1954, has backed several civil rights measures. Gravel was supported by National Chairman Paul Butler, who insisted that only the National Committee itself can boot one of its members. Gravel won a resounding 91-to-15 vote of endorsement...
Even if Soviet forces were withdrawn to Russia's own borders, they would remain within relatively easy striking distance of all Central Europe. Furthermore, since Germany is not Austria, the idea of a permanently neutralized Germany is almost certainly illusory. "There is no precedent in history," notes former Secretary of State Dean Acheson, "for the successful insulation of a large and vital country situated, as Germany is, between two power systems and with ambitions and purposes...
...were signs that the Soviet objective was something far more concrete than mere psychological warfare. In the past four weeks Khrushchev has effectively reminded everyone that at no cost to himself he could make it extremely awkward and expensive for the West to stay in Berlin. Last week from Central Europe came reports that, after threatening the whip, the Russians were about to hold out a carrot. Reported terms...
High Adventure (CBS, 7:30-8:30 p.m.). Wildebeest bound, elephants lumber, hippopotamuses wallow, and Lowell Thomas clambers up Central Africa's Mountains of the Moon. Color...
...high point, about 9 p.m. EST Saturday night, it had slowed to a few hundred miles per hour. But once arced downward, its speed revved to an estimated 23,300 m.p.h. as it dived on the jungles of north-central Africa...