Word: commoner
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...There was another gimmick that was just as clear: somehow, there were almost no Red soldiers in all of Moscow during the festival. During my 19 days I saw only two guns, and only a handful of men in uniform. It became common scuttlebutt among the young delegates that all soldiers had been shipped out of town for the length of our stay...
...There were no drunks visible in Moscow during the festival. That made a good impression--but it became common knowledge that the government had passed a series of new laws to prevent heavy drinking just before the visitors arrived...
...program for French atomic energy development. After holding junior office in four successive Cabinets went into temporary eclipse during the premiership of fellow Radical Socialist Pierre Mendès-France, who thought him overly conservative, overly Europe-minded. In 1955 headed French delegation which laid the groundwork for the Common Market and Euratom treaties...
Last week Nova Scotia-born President Alison Cumming, 50, announced that the company will build a $4,500,000 glass and stainless-steel headquarters building in Toronto. Soon he plans to issue separate financial statements and common stock for sale to Canadian investors. Said President Cumming: "We want the public face of this company to be Canadian, and not something that's just for show...
...hottest fight in the insurance business rages around the variable annuity, which would match payments to the rise or fall in 'the cost of living. To do so, insurance companies would have to invest in common stocks to benefit from increased dividends in boom times when the cost of living is on the rise. While huge Prudential Insurance Co. plumped for the variable annuity, Metropolitan and others opposed it, arguing that a drop in stock dividends-and a cut in annuity payments -would shake public confidence in insurance. The Securities and Exchange Commission got into the act, contending that...