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Word: charterers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Trouble was, the secret nonballot failed to produce a winner-which, under the U.N. charter, must receive two-thirds of the votes. A second "consul tation" was called for, and a third, but although Jordan was unofficially ahead, Mali proved unsinkable. In the end, Quaison-Sackey forged a compromise: the two nations would split the two-year term, with Jordan seated first. The deal was approved "without objection," and Quaison-Sackey dismissed the Assembly until...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: United Nations: How to Hold Elections Without Really Voting | 1/8/1965 | See Source »

This year the H.S.A. took over the bus charter business, and charged $54.00 round trip. A call to Greyhound reveals that the cost of chartering a bus (with toilet) to Chicago and back is $1300. There are 39 passengers. It all works out to $22.22 each...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Taken for a Ride | 1/8/1965 | See Source »

...airport-"We made it self-supporting") to Z (for zoo -"The city is getting some rare albino kangaroos"). But his administration has been marred by his constant and noisy fights with the city council, and he is currently involved in a controversial attempt to amend the city charter to give the mayor more power...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: California: After Sam's Scalp | 12/25/1964 | See Source »

...disposed of without objection will not be raised." In short, the Assembly agreed for the present not to handle anything of importance and to avoid taking any votes, while the U.S. postponed a formal demand to deprive Russia of its Assembly vote (under Article 19 of the Charter) for nonpayment of dues on the U.N. peacekeeping operations in the Congo and Suez. While the Assembly is in its limbo of talking without voting, the U.S. and Russia are having another go at working out a compromise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: United Nations: In Limbo | 12/11/1964 | See Source »

...travel, is that some day he may go somewhere as a "simple pilgrim." That was how he wanted to style his trip to Bombay last week to attend the 38th International Eucharistic Congress. He envisioned himself meeting and perhaps ministering to the poor, the hungry, the sick. Scorning to charter a plane, he simply bought a first-class ticket (fare...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Roman Catholics: Pope as Pilgrim | 12/11/1964 | See Source »

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