Word: dispatches
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...violence was mostly Russian. A dispatch brought by courier from a Western embassy reported: "The situation in Budapest is terroristic. Soviet soldiers are stealing and looting everywhere. They get into private homes and apartments on the pretext of looking for partisans and arms and then loot everything. Civilians are being stopped by Soviet soldiers on the street. The soldiers take from them all watches and jewelry. Civilian wounded are being taken to Rokus Hospital, which is very much overcrowded. Dead from the wards are thrown into the hospital courtyard. Wine cellars all over the city are being broken into...
...last week around a semicircular table, to decide what the U.N. ought to do about the Israeli invasion of Egypt. Scarcely had they begun their deliberations when Soviet Delegate Arkady Sobolev scurried from the room. Returning a moment later, he self-righteously read out to his colleagues an A.P. dispatch: "Britain and France declared today their forces will occupy key positions in the Suez Canal area unless Israelis and Egyptians stop fighting within twelve hours...
...first man to speak was Opposition Leader Hugh Gaitskell. Gripping the edge of the dispatch box, Gaitskell strove desperately for statesmanlike caution. "I think," said he, "it would be unwise if we were to plunge into any lengthy discussion . . ." He realized that his words must start one of the biggest battles in parliamentary history. Then, unable to contain himself, Gaitskell burst out: "But I must ask the Prime Minister under what authority and with what right he believes British and French forces are justified in armed intervention in this matter, before there has been any pronouncement by the United Nations...
Into the Balance. Even as Dulles spoke of peace and a bright future, the dusty streets of Israel echoed to the tread of reservists reporting for induction, of roaring dispatch riders, of rolling convoys of armored vehicles. Israel was declaring "partial mobilization," said Premier David Ben-Gurion, "to safeguard the security of Israel's borders." The armies of Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia stood bound by treaty to serve together under overall Egyptian command in the event of an Israeli...
That evening, after the dispatch of a dozen roses and a note ("American Beauties for an American beauty"), the talks were cordially resumed, and for two weeks flowers and interviews followed in nightly succession at the Callas home, restaurants, cafes and at recording sessions. Interspersed were interviews by De Carvalho and other TIME reporters in Italy and elsewhere with the singer's maids, masseuse, fitter, designer, critics, conductors, fellow singers, friends, foes and the chief of La Scala's claque. De Carvalho and his colleagues scoured Italy for leads. He flew 1,300 miles to Ankara to talk...