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...conviction that only a United Europe, partner on the basis of equality with the U.S., will preserve the future of our liberties and peace." The signers of the manifesto represented enough votes to bring a motion of censure against De Gaulle's government, but they hesitated to embarrass De Gaulle on the eve of what may be the ultimate Algerian showdown. They also dreaded pushing him into ordering a popular referendum on the European issue when-as in all Gaullist referendums-the vote would be less on the question at issue than on De Gaulle's popularity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: France: Popularity Without Order | 6/22/1962 | See Source »

Last week's official line from the White House was that the worst was already over, that further investigations would not disclose any more facts that might embarrass the Administration. In fact, the worst might be still to come...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Investigations: Decline & Fall | 5/25/1962 | See Source »

...That the tieing off of an irregular (extra) vein, either in the kidney or the recipient, is not likely to embarrass the circulation of blood through the kidney as numerous intra-renal by-passes are present...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Kidney Transplant Report | 5/23/1962 | See Source »

...Republicans have a distinct advantage in the campaign because corruption issues will embarrass the Democrats, Howe declared. He called Peabody "the only opportunity to vote for a force free of the corruption of the Democratic party...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Howe Endorses Peabody in Race | 5/22/1962 | See Source »

...Jerrold Gibson '51, Acting Minister of Memorial Church, used his sermon yesterday morning to criticize the recent series of CRIMSON editorials on "The Administration," for "a spirit of bitter denunciation, which is marked more by the effort to embarrass and ridicule than to work constructively...

Author: By John A. Rice, | Title: Minister Criticizes CRIME Editorials | 5/9/1962 | See Source »

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