Word: conflict
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...from-beaten Viet Minh forces, and the French government knew it when it allowed Laniel to make them public. But they were a deliberate prelude to something else. "Up until 1953," said Laniel, "two tendencies clashed in French opinion. Some hoped for an end to the conflict by negotiation. Others believed that we might triumph by force of arms . . . Today, this controversy is ended. In fact, we are unanimous from here on in hoping to settle the war by negotiation. This is understood. There is no point in anyone arguing...
...Open conflict has so far been avoided because the University has made no attempt to revise the collection or its handling. President necessities, however, point toward some sort of integration in the near future it the collection is to fulfill its pledge to be available "for scholarly research by sincerely interested persons."Roosevelt was a vain man, proud of his achievements. Here a cartoonist takes advantage of this trait, saying Roosevelt wants to put himself before Washington in the people's mind...
...Cover) By the evening of Thursday, Feb. 25, 1954, Senator Joe McCarthy, after a fortnight of mounting frenzy, had built the smallest of molehills into one of the most devastating political volcanoes that ever poured the lava of conflict and the ash of dismay over Washington. Joe, the stoker, was still disorganized but quick-witted, charging in and out of his Senate office, snatching up telephones, rushing to the Senate floor to answer quorum calls, dictating statements to reporters. As he dashed about, his office staff lost track, believed a rumor that he had emplaned for New York. Then...
...soap operas is finding a good, all-inclusive title (An example of a good one, cited by Winsor: CBS-TV's Love of Life, featuring Peggy McCay and Dennis Parnell). He had a very bad time with a new show that was originally called Bright Star, then Inner Conflict, then simply Harry (which has become at Biow the working title for all new scripts). Finally, Winsor thought up The Storm Within, a title that seemed to have everything until the sponsor pointed out that it was just a thought too appropriate for the product it would plug: Bisodol...
Shoup handled the mechanics of the adaptation skillfully, transposing scenes and localizing the action to a Paris hotel suite to maintain a rapid sequence of events. He makes his main points, however, with such economy that the audience hardly has time to become involved in the conflict before it is resolved...