Word: firming
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Governor William F. Quinn to investigate the scandal. And Senate Watchdog Duarte himself accounted for one of the rugs; it had, he said, been mistakenly shipped to his home on the island of Maui, along with 852 Ibs. of office furnishings he had purchased at discount rates from a firm renting equipment to the senate. Still missing: $10,000 worth of souvenirs from the last session of Hawaii's territorial legislature...
...which he urged Eisenhower and British Prime Minister Macmillan to admit France alongside Britain and the U.S. in a tripartite NATO "political directorate." It is an old French grievance that the U.S. grants full international partnership to Britain, yet treats France as a junior member of the firm, on a par with West Germany or Italy. Fact is, insists De Gaulle, that France, unlike the Germans or Italians, has "world responsibilities," and unless the U.S. and Britain agree to coordinate their strategy outside Europe (most specifically in Algeria), the alliance is not a genuine...
...Dewey will be retained for a year to help Japan boost its exports and ride herd on Japan's commercial interests in the U.S. Fee (including Dewey's anticipated expense account): $200,000. But someone had goofed. Next day, after Dewey's office issued a firm "no comment," Japan's government allowed that the deal is not sealed as yet. Premature publicity may have doomed...
...seats in the upper house of the Japanese Diet. Premier Nobusuke Kishi (who some U.S. worrywarts once thought would prove anti-American) campaigned by urging closer ties with the U.S. The rival Socialists, looking for somewhere else to go, demanded abrogation of the U.S.-Japanese Security Pact and firm alliance with Red China and the Soviet Union. When the votes were in, Premier Kishi had won a clear victory, capturing 71 of the contested seats to 38 for the Socialists. The Socialists lost nearly a million votes-the first such fall-off in ten years. At party headquarters, Secretary-General...
...court." Legally, they may be right: the schools under court order to integrate will not exist. Morally, their position had an odd sound: "Above all, we do not act with hostility toward the Negro people of Prince Edward County." The Richmond Times-Dispatch (circ. 134,360) cheered: "Your firm determination not to have mixed schools in your county is understood and supported throughout Virginia. Do not let yourselves be pushed around. Continue to maintain your reputation for good order, good race relations and good citizenship...