Word: equality
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Easy Aces. Whatever happened, it looked like the end of Lescot's political career. His impenetrable affability had been equal-till last week-to all occasions. A suave dictator behind a constitutional façade, chubby, pleasure-loving Elie Lescot had always paid his way with charm. As Ambassador to the U.S.. his easy style of living almost got him into trouble. When his Government sent him $60,000 for arms purchases, he squandered $35,000 before a gun was bought, was saved only by a check from Dominican Dictator Rafael Leonidas Trujillo...
...between World Wars I & II. Like its author's life, it opens with mockery, ends in religious dedication. Half of it glitters with wit, the other half is rigorously solemn. Some of the writing matches Waugh's best (and there is little better); some of it is equal to his worst (sample: ". . . at sunset I took formal possession of her as her lover. ... On the rough water ... I was made free of her narrow loins."). Those who believe that Author Waugh makes real sense only when he is writing apparent nonsense are likely to be dismayed...
...Other Steps." If Congress adopts his recommendations, the Army will get virtually everything it asks. Air power will get the parity it has sought, since "its responsibilities are equal to those of land and sea power." In a last-minute change, the President agreed with Army airmen that the Navy should be stripped of its land-based search planes...
...wine, and where there is wine there is civilization, culture and the spirit of enthusiasm which we need." The British preferred to argue this point on its merits. Professor C. K. Webster, the United Kingdom's alternate delegate, said he had found the wines of the Hudson Valley equal to those of California...
...decree, with all that it might mean for the poor and virtually unorganized workers of rich Argentina, ordered: 1) 10% to 25% pay increases, retroactive to Dec. 1; 2) an annual bonus equal to one month's earnings for Argentines earning less than 1,000 pesos ($250) a month. Domestics, Government employes, utilities workers were excluded. To enforce the law a National Salaries Institute was created...