Word: fall
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...conquest. Even the most ardent Peronistas are divided as to whether she is a boon or a blight. She constantly interferes in state affairs, and certain it is that her highhanded palace intrigues have earned Perón many an enemy he might not otherwise have had. Last fall Eva threw the Argentine Senate into a furor when she charged into a sacrosanct closed session to demand immediate appointment of some friends as judges. The outraged Senators politely told her to scram. When Evita complained to Juancito, the entire body was summoned to the Casa Rosada to be scolded officially...
They still expected that the readjustment would speed up in the fall, after seasonal workers lost their jobs. And U.S. exports, which had taken up the slack in the economy so far, were still a big question. Unless bolstered by a U.S. program of foreign aid, such as the Marshall Plan, they were almost certain to collapse by year's end. But Wall Street felt that the aid would come, no matter how pinchpenny Congress now seemed. All this caused the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the Sanhedrin of financial theologians, to say in its July report: "While...
Although the committee plans to make a report in the fall on these private orientation talks, some additional men may get in, Phelan said, if they see him at the A V C office, which is open Monday through Friday from 1 to 4 o'clock...
...tone of London is not a happy one, and not a pleasant atmosphere for tourism. The austerity and grimness includes a proud disdain of foreigners, and you can feel it in the streets. Americans are uncomfortable, and will return next fall with harsh things to say about Britain, but they will have witnessed an inspiring process: self-disciplined construction and radical experiment building on a foundation of the ages. And admiration, when strong enough, is not far from liking
Delegates selected on a vast planetary system are going to convene in New York this fall under the organization's auspices. Cooperation in this venture will also be solicited by Professor Mather to deal with what are seen as "the" six great tasks of peace...