Word: doored
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...door to the conference room," said Stevenson, "is the door to peace. Let it never be said that America was reluctant to enter." He urged Western leaders to "think afresh" in terms of a European system of "durable assurances of nonaggression" with Russia. About Red China, he was somewhat more specific: "We owe it to ourselves . . . .at least to find out, if we can, what Communist China's ultimate intentions are." He said, "When we negotiate, we have to have something to negotiate with as well...
...Socony-worked out a mutually satisfactory deal that calls, in effect, for a 50-50 split of oil profits, production has shot up to 1,800,000 bbls. a day, flooding the sparsely populated country* with $700 million a year in oil income. The gratified government has thrown the door wide open to foreign enterprise, and the biggest colony of U.S. businessmen overseas is happily at work making money in one of the world's most profitable markets...
...just to have the presents sent out in boxes. He arranged to have all the gifts put in a duplicate of a Neiman's show window, including spotlights and mannequins, in his house, so they would be the first things his family saw as they came in the door...
I.G.A. offers a member so many services, says Grimes, that "all the grocer has to do is unlock the front door and exercise his gifts as a salesman, a likable guy and a square businessman." Says successful Grocer Garofalo: "I've got supervision and store planning and help. I'm a happy man. I'm thinkin...
Love & Lizards. Augie is a union organizer when, one night, true love knocks on his door in the form of Thea Fenchel, a rich girl with a predatory eye and a penchant for reptiles. Thea is the big thing in .Augie's life; he feels "threaded to her as if through the skin...