Word: commonalities
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...something basic in British pride. The government's attitude toward Europe still seems to be to procrastinate and to improvise. Britons argue that Franco-German amity is unnatural, that a European movement without Britain is bound to fade once De Gaulle or Adenauer is gone, and that the Common Market structure of the Inner Six may well pass into history under the pressure of events. But despite these complacent prophecies, the evidence indicates that the alliance of the six continental nations has momentum on its side. Belgium, with the support of France, is now proposing that the Common Market...
...million Germans exiled from German lands now in Communist hands-visited Adenauer to warn of restiveness in their ranks since the Oder-Neisse talk started. The presidents of four North German states wrote, warning the Chancellor not to bind the Federal Republic so closely to France and the Common Market countries, that traditional North German trade ties to Britain and Scandinavia would be hurt...
Nine Dead Bodies. To Nehru, things seemed to be going better for a change. Abroad, Red China, after long months of border aggression and arrogant bluster, had finally sent him a note couched in terms of common civility. China's Premier Chou En-lai proposed that the armed forces of both nations withdraw 12½ miles from the positions they now hold, and urged an early meeting to discuss frontier problems. Such a move might be advantageous to China but not to India, replied Nehru tartly, since it would mean acceptance of Chinese control over large areas claimed...
...Botany Industries, and a fistful of other companies. Could they set up a meeting some time later in the week? Kirby knew why. For months, Sonnabend and a group of associates had been quietly buying Alleghany stock, and they owned some 700,000 shares, or about 14% of the common stock outstanding. They obviously wanted to get in. Alleghany, said the Boston financier, was "an excellent investment opportunity...
...week's end, Alleghany Chairman Kirby was trying to make up his mind whether to fight to keep control or not. He owns 524,000 shares of Alleghany common, about 10%, also holds 148,000 shares of 6% convertible preferred and warrants for another 226,440 shares of common. If he converts his preferred and exercises his warrants, he will have close to 1,450,000 shares of common to Sonnabend's 700,000 shares-and the common elects five of the nine directors...