Word: fears
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...tense days that preceded his final triumph, there were many who cried dictatorship. That fear, belied by De Gaulle's previous record, was belied again by the manner in which he came to power this week and by the way he proposed to use the power...
General Charles de Gaulle, who quit the French government in disgust at the birth of the Fourth Republic, took back the helm of the nation Sunday at a time when many felt the Republic was headed for its death. Pressured by the fear of imminent civil war and threats of resignation by President Coty, a reluctant Chamber of Deputies voted him into office by a sizable majority...
...other were the rebel politicians, some of them professional Moslems who have been photographed in the forefront of practically every Arab nationalist gathering that Nasser has assembled over the last few years in Cairo. In between was Lebanon's little army, largely Christian-officered, shirking any showdown for fear that pressing any outcome other than compromise, in a community half Christian and half Moslem, would be risking the destruction of the prosperous little republic where West and Middle East meet...
...doubled his bets, week after week, and won them all. The rebels, he cried, were nearly finished. The "foreign adventurers from Formosa and the U.S." had been foiled. He suggested that the U.S. "conduct a reappraisal of its policy" with regard to Indonesia. There was nothing to fear, Sukarno boasted, because "all I have to do is wink" and "volunteers" would come pouring in from Red China and the Soviet Union. But, no, he would not wink, since "with God's mercy, with our own power, we can crush this whole rebellion...
When the Supreme Court ruled that dual rates are unlawful when designed to "stifle outside competition," it left the Maritime Board a small loophole: it can decide in each individual case. Nevertheless, the shipping interests fear that shippers will break loose from the conferences, fight the independents in an all-out price war for cargoes. U.S. lines would be particularly hurt by such a war because they have higher costs than foreign lines. But few shippers are likely to pull out of the conferences right away. Four hours after the court handed down its decision. Maryland's Republican Senator...