Word: established
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...affinity for Arabs. Ghana's Kwame Nkrumah passed through; Lebanon's new Premier Rashid Karami dropped in to mend fences; and East Germany's Otto Grotewohl made a formal call on Nasser. Afterwards Grotewohl announced that the two countries, while not generally recognizing one another, would establish "consular relations." West Germany, true to its insistence that it will break off relations with any nation that recognizes Communist East Germany, sent its ambassador over to ask Nasser what was going on. Nasser's aides denied that the boss had promised East Germany anything of the kind...
...filibuster, though it has in recent times assumed the cast of evil, is a respectable safeguard against the vagaries of democracy. Instead of allowing its elimination by a small group of Senators, it would seem far wiser to establish the two-thirds-of-those-present rule as the necessary number to limit debate. Such a compromise will permit the passage of needed civil rights measures without sabotaging a truly useful protection of minority rights...
...long range goal for the group, the directors hope to establish a permanent home for repertory theatre in the Boston area. This season will close on June 27, and the group will reopen in September...
Bundy and Fulgencio Batista after months of planning establish a beachhead in Cuba. An unfortunate geographical error lands their troops just north of the Havana Hilton. A jubilant mob welcomes them as the first tourists to arrive in Cuba since January. July 26, the anniversary of the Castro movement, Bundy is appointed Provisional President. He announces the appointment of Henry A. Kissinger as Defense Minister. The Pope announces the appointment of 23 new Cardinals. "It's a nice round number," he comments...
Last week few knew how long the bonanza would last-or how far out and down the oilfield goes. Wildcatters were putting down wells over an area of hundreds of square miles north and south of the strike, seeking to establish the field's boundaries. In one solid gesture of confidence in the future, the Ashland Oil & Refining Co., purchaser of the bulk of the field's output, already has invested $200,000 in gathering lines, last week took bids on a $2,000,000 pipeline to pump oil directly to its refinery in Louisville, 70 miles away...