Word: charter
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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After the surprise, there were general cheers. After all, rich Averell Harriman had some acquaintance with business (Union Pacific Railroad, Wall Street, etc.) even if it had been largely in the coupon-clipping area. He had been at most of the major international conferences from the Atlantic Charter meeting to Potsdam and Paris. He had grave doubts about "Russian cooperation," and he strongly backed Jimmy Byrnes's "get tough" policy...
...state [TIME, Aug. 19] that new applicants to U.N. "merely had to be peace-loving." The other two, and possibly more important requirements (Art. 4, par. 1) read as follows: [Must] "accept the obligations contained in the present Charter" and "in the judgment of the Organization are able and willing to carry these...
Last week the Legion, awakening to the fact that it had a group of leftists aboard, slapped the upstarts down. A New York State executive committee, denying the Duncan-Paris Post a permanent charter, charged that many of its 275 members nursed Communist sympathies, named four who had contributed to Communist publications...
...Duncan-Paris Post would go on about its business, said Hargrove, while it carried its claim for a charter to the Legion's top brass and "if necessary, into the courts...
Despite a serious shortage of passenger vessels, not one prospective buyer has entered what the Commission considers a reasonable bid. Only the U.S. Lines, her former owner, has showed any interest. Barring any other bids, it will probably get her on charter...