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Right-Winger Ichiro Hatoyama, a sick man eager for office, paid a high price for his Socialist support, promising to convene general elections (in which the Socialists are expected to make considerable gains) before the end of March. So Hatoyama can run little more than a caretaker government. At best...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: The Man Who Came Back | 12/20/1954 | See Source »

In 1947 Pakistan was carved into two slices from British India's flanks. It has since won the respect of the world for its guts, its breezy good will and its single-minded resistance to Communism. But Pakistan, seven years old, has yet to convene a nationwide general election...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PAKISTAN: The New Dictatorship | 11/8/1954 | See Source »

Following his tour, Eden still hopes to convene a nine-nation meeting in London. Face to face, he believes that Mendès-France and Adenauer can work out a series of "adequate safeguards" before NATO takes up the question of German admission, probably in October. France willing, the chances...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WESTERN EUROPE: Cook's Tour | 9/20/1954 | See Source »

Warren, appointed by Eisenhower to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Fred M. Vinson, is scheduled to be sworn in Monday. But the Senate, which must approve the appointment, is in recess and will not convene again until January.

Author: By David L. Halberstam, | Title: Professors Blast Recess Choice of Gov. Warren | 10/2/1953 | See Source »

The Communists might, in fact, count the strike a success-if no one else could. The Laniel government, which for three weeks alternated between weakness and firmness, lost ground. The peace agreement that it signed with anti-Communist unions (it refused to deal with the C.G.T.) abandoned some of the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: A Little Coquetry | 9/7/1953 | See Source »

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