Word: crucially
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...British asked the King to name Nahas Pasha, who was friendly to the allies. Farouk, then at outs with Nahas, refused. Obviously, the British had to do something, but some Britons in Cairo now be lieve that the manner in which they did it was a mistake. On the crucial day, two British tanks rumbled through the gates of Abdin Palace in Cairo. Troops took stations round the building, and British Ambassador Sir Miles Lampson, flanked by high-ranking British officers, marched into Farouk's study...
...story: Mary Eileen had paid him to marry her, he said, then eloped with an American G.I. Police found clothes belonging to Mary Eileen in the possession of a woman Horry was living with. They would have charged Horry with murder right then, except for one crucial missing piece of evidence: the body of the bride...
...State and, in the professionals' view, an authoritative spokesman for brother Ike, had said that the general would not allow the use of his name in primaries as long as he was in uniform. To get around this ban, Stassen proposed that he enter his own name in crucial primaries with the public promise to switch his delegates to Ike. Dewey approved...
Arrived in Iran last week, on one of the toughest, potentially most crucial diplomatic missions undertaken by the U.S.: W. (for William) Averell Harriman...
...last 16 games, rocketed Boston from a dismal seven games below first place to 3½ below. Heading for the midseason turning point this week, the Chicago pitching gave way, as Joe predicted, against the pushover St. Louis Browns, while the Yankees jumped into first place by taking a crucial three-game series from...