Word: ecuador
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Next Latin American chief of state to visit the U.S.: handsome President Galo Plaza Lasso, 45, of Ecuador, head of one of South America's few genuinely democratic regimes. President Plaza will fly north on June 19, be President Truman's guest in Washington for three days, make side trips to New York and California...
...Britain, Cuba, Ecuador, Egypt, France, India, Lebanon, Mexico, The Netherlands, Pakistan, the Philippines, Saudi Arabia, the U.S.S.R., the U.S. and Yugoslavia...
...resolution: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Iceland, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Liberia, Luxembourg, Mexico, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, the Philippines, Thailand, Turkey, Union of South Africa, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela...
Though a Russian veto had blocked Security Council action (TIME, Dec. 11), no move was made to bring the issue before the General Assembly under the new formula that permits veto-free condemnation of aggressors and recommendations for action against them. Instead, the U.S., Britain, France, Norway, Cuba and Ecuador offered the Assembly a resolution charging Red China with "intervention" in Korea, asking withdrawal of its troops, promising protection for China's border rights. The six powers made no suggestions for U.N. countermeasures...
Bandy-legged, Ecuador-born Pancho Segura had Jake's number from the first. He covered court like a bird dog in a chicken coop, took the sting out of Kramer's big serve, whacked his own two-handed forehand drives into the far corners and outguessed Kramer in nearly every rally. It was all over in less than an hour. Score: 6-2, 6-2, 6-1. Explained a somewhat surprised Kramer: "Pancho knocked me down in the first set and never let me get off the floor." Pancho, who gets only a salary, to Kramer...