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Word: conduction (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Charlie Wilson tried to soften the blow against the Army by pointing out that the peacetime assignments did not necessarily predetermine the weapons and forces that field commanders could use in war time. He also promised that the Army could conduct "feasibility studies" on the use of an intermediate-range missile. But his assurances did not mollify the Army brass. Snapped a top Army planner when Wilson's decision was handed down: "This thing isn't going to stop us." The Army's probable next line of defense: congressional hearings at budget time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Decision on Missiles | 12/10/1956 | See Source »

Buttenweiser will primarily direct the orchestra's rehearsals, and may also conduct some of the concerts. He won the post in a seven-man competition...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HRO Picks Leader | 12/7/1956 | See Source »

...bloodstained proof of the ends to which atheist Marxism leads." The British and French, who had sought to make policy by reviving 19th century gunboat diplomacy, had temporarily lost their credentials for world statesmanship. But in another sense, the U.S. had earned the new regard by its own conduct. In time of crisis and threat of World War III, President Eisenhower had cast U.S. policy in a role to reflect the U.S.'s basic character-its insistence on justice, its desire for friendship, and its hatred of aggression and brutality...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATION: Acclaim & Misgivings | 12/3/1956 | See Source »

Inside the Bus. In such a quarrel, the compromised Imre Nagy was an embarrassing guest for the Yugoslavs. Tito sent Yugoslav Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs Dobrivoje Vidic to Budapest to arrange for the safe-conduct of Nagy and his party to their homes in Budapest. Vidic obtained written guarantees from the Kadar government-but not from the Russians. That evening a bus arrived at the bullet-scarred Yugoslav embassy, and the 44 Hungarians (including 16 women and 17 children) climbed in, accompanied by two Yugoslav diplomats. As they were about to move off, two Soviet military cars drove...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HUNGARY: Asylum's End | 12/3/1956 | See Source »

George A. Buttrick, Preacher to the University, will conduct the service...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Whittlesey Services | 11/27/1956 | See Source »

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