Word: faired
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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McCloy stood alone: he wanted to give Germany a fair chance at world markets because the U.S. foots the bill for Germany's excess of imports over exports...
Pause that Refreshes. The fair's most satisfying feature, everyone agreed, was the "Gastronomic Village," a broad enclosure with seats for 4,000 people at long tables which were piled high with roast chickens, rolls, and flasks of Chianti. In an open-air kitchen, three cauldrons five feet tall steamed with a never-ending supply of spaghetti. Enthusiastic eaters hacked their way through mountains of food at 450 lire (75?) a meal. After lunch, many stretched out under the shady trees, took off their shoes, spread a copy of Unita over their eyes, and slept...
...been accepted by Pakistan, rejected by India. Abdullah's delegates passed a resolution denouncing the "arbitration offer sponsored by President Truman and Prime Minister Attlee" as "yet another device to deny freedom to the people of Kashmir." Nehru told them: "My anxiety has always been for a fair and impartial plebiscite." There was, however, a noticeable lessening of Indian enthusiasm for a plebiscite. Instead, the Indian press trotted out the old charge that Pakistan had entered Kashmir as a military aggressor and ought to be punished as such. Abdullah told the convention: "We want to tell the whole world...
Privately, he gave foreign newsmen his idea of a fair plebiscite: "The Security Council should give us control of all Kashmir. After that, if you wish, we will have our own referendum...
...which fill a fat notebook): a manual for producers with pooled know-how on the most economical production techniques; standardized financing and accounting; an industry clinic in promotion and advertising; training courses in behavior for box office personnel, ushers, concessionaires and house managers; a credo pledging the theater to fair dealing, courtesy, comfort, efficient operation-with enforcement of ethical practices by the Better Business Bureau. Bernays would also harness women's clubs, youth groups, universities, cultural leaders, etc. into a vast public relations campaign for the theater...