Word: difficult
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...clear that the extent of free will is difficult to determine in a country where patriotism and totalitarianism often operate together. As Khruschev notes, Western observers are far from comprehending the Slavic Soul. To many economists, though, the tactics behind Khrushchev's gigantic game of monopoly are as hard to interpret as the Russians' unanimous approval...
Captain Art Cahn, who won the 880, pointed to the new men on the squad in explaining the very noticeable improvement in the team's performance. The final score of the meet was 90 1/2 to 35 1/2, in contrast to a much more difficult victory over the prep school team in February...
Local Needs. The remedy for these ills was plain to any capitalist, but difficult for any Communist: to develop more local and individual initiative. Khrushchev proposed to abolish the centralized industrial ministries and carve Russia up into a number of "economic regions" (not necessarily identical with the 15 Soviet republics). Each would have its own regional council to manage all state enterprises and do the region's economic planning...
...Jordanian Old City of Jerusalem. There he usually receives the fees for his Bedouin clients (according to the size and condition of the bits of manuscript). And there an international-and inter-credal-task force of scholars takes over, trying to fit the fragments together in a vast, incredibly difficult jigsaw puzzle...
...minutes Philip finished, but the laughter and cheers of his audience echoed far beyond the walls of Royal Festival Hall. Cried the Daily Sketch on its front page: "What should we do about a Prince who can capture the most difficult audience in the world? Well, if we've any sense we should put him on TV. Forward BBC! Forward ITV! Get moving!" With uncharacteristic swiftness, the BBC did move, announced that Philip would repeat his talk over a nationwide hookup...