Word: fixes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...seesaw of Siamese politics, took over as Premier and charged that Pridi himself was responsible for the King's murder. (Pridi has since turned up in Peking, leading a "Free Thai" movement blessed by the Communists.) In the years that followed, successive courts of inquiry tried to fix the blame for the King's death on other guilty parties to no positive avail...
However, Mrs. Garrett is still very much involved with the Haitian gods because she lacks formal introductions to Kolosh, Dambala (the snake god), and Papaunga. She does not really mind her new responsibilities, though, because she feels that the Western world would not be in its present fix if there were more Papalebas around. At the same time, she regards it as her mission and duty to explain rationally parapsychological manifestations to the Haitian people...
...chief of the U.N. truce-talk delegation. Turner Joy had been most bitter about Washington's order to accept a November 1951 Communist proposal to fix the battleline at that time as an armistice line. This, he said, "would constitute an immediate cease-fire on the basis of agreement on one item only of the agenda. Thus, the Communists would be insured against effects of future military operations while other agenda items were being discussed...General Ridgway strongly requested reconsideration of Washington's instructions...
Esthetic Dustbin. None of her symphonic sisters across the country would have panicked in such a fix, and Miss Ima rose to the occasion. After some quick transatlantic negotiation last week, she announced a major coup: to take over for Fricsay during the spring season. Miss Ima landed one of the world's most famous conductors. His name: Sir Thomas Beecham. Said Miss Ima: "He was very gracious. We feel elated...
...maintenance standards, 2) rehabilitate areas that can be saved by remodeling, repainting, building parks and playgrounds, etc., 3) raze and redevelop slums that cannot be saved. By building centers of health in declining neighborhoods, the Government hopes to spur home and apartment owners to repair, repaint, clean up, fix...