Word: endearing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...since June 1957. It stemmed from rebel rage at the breakdown six weeks ago of preliminary truce talks between France and the F.L.N. Since then, French officers had spread the word among Algeria's many uncommitted Moslems that "the F.L.N. is finished." The massacre at Chenoua might not endear the rebels to their fellow countrymen - many Moslems were appalled - but it was meant to prove cold-bloodedly that the F.L.N. was not yet to be counted...
...salesmen. His Asian pool expanded so rapidly that in 1926 Starr returned to New York and created the American International Underwriters Corp. to centralize reporting for his Shanghai companies and to develop insurance in the U.S. on risks abroad. Starr's hard drive for busi ness did not endear him to more genteel competitors. They called him a buccaneer as he snatched their business away, often by offering higher commissions to agents, and larger rebates to those insured if they filed no claims...