Word: discussable
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...civic fiesta, a flight over the four-year-old volcano Paricutin, and lunch among the pyramids of Teotihuacán were not all the Mexicans had programmed for Harry Truman's three-day visit. They also had some problems they wanted to discuss...
...Chamizal. Mexico also hoped to discuss an old Rio Grande boundary question. El Chamizal (see map) lies within the city limits of El Paso-some 83 blocks, worth about $3,000,000. In 1911 a Canadian arbitrator awarded Mexico, which already held a portion of the north bank, a chunk of the disputed area. The U.S. turned down his verdict and stood on the boundary of the river's present banks...
...Aung San led a delegation to London to discuss the British Government's offer to grant self-government to this country...
...conference, which will discuss the problem of trusteeship, will hear James V. Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy, present the official United States position in regard to its proposals on bases in the Pacific at the first session...
...mention of Douglas Moore's article in the Saturday Review of Literature [TIME, Jan. 27], Professor Moore's remarks are quite generally shared throughout the country by all professional musicians who know what is going on. That we continue to debate about the American composer, or to discuss the virtues of opera in English, or to give these many ridiculous prizes to Americans, are all evidence of national infantilism...