Word: derail
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Date Set. Such outbursts will slightly delay but not derail the formation of Malaysia, originally scheduled for Aug. 31. In last summer's general elections, voters in both Sarawak and North Borneo decisively defeated anti-federation parties. Although Indonesia's shadow looms large, the Borneo people know they have nothing to gain from Djakarta but economic chaos and demagoguery. Malayan Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman and British Colonial Secretary Duncan Sandys, who hastily flew to the scene, last week set Sept. 16 as the new birth date for the federation -two days after the U.N. mission...
July. The railroads serve notice that they will put the Rifkind-commission recommendations into effect within 30 days. The unions sue in federal court to derail the plan...
Indonesia shouted that the turmoil showed the deep dissatisfaction with Malaysia in the Borneo territories, and that the federation was only a plot to extend Britain's colonial influence in Asia. Rabble-rousing President Sukarno knew that a British-backed, economically viable Malaysia would not only derail his ambition to extend his influence over the Borneo territories, but might also serve as an inducement to rebellion for the people of depressed Indonesian Borneo. Moreover, Abdul Rahman has ignored every "revolutionary principle" for which Sukarno stands, has in the process created a conservative, prosperous nation, while revolutionary, leftist Indonesia, with...
...small problem arose when a questioner noted that Johnson "once reached for the presidency" himself and wondered if he might not try again some time. Johnson, who spent much of his time just before the 1960 Democratic Convention desperately buttonholing delegates who might help derail the Kennedy bandwagon, disagreed; he had never ''reached" for the presidency. "My friends put me in the race," said Lyndon. "They felt that they should have representation, and my name should go before the convention." But all in all, Lyndon insisted, life is quite all right. "From a personal standpoint, I am very...
...then kicked the would-be assassin. The man required 14 stitches in his scalp, was taken away to jail. Taking this incident as evidence of "hostility" against their client, Hoffa's hopeful lawyers swiftly moved for a mistrial. But it would probably take more than BB shot to derail the case against Jim Hoffa...