Word: foreign
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...three foreign-born piano teachers were only casual acquaintances in Europe, and they had not met in the U.S. until they happened together in the basement of Manhattan's Steinway Hall. Pint-sized, Polish-born Adam Garner just happened to have a copy of Bach's Concerto for Four Claviers and Orchestra. Young, Illinois-born Edward Edson, who was roaming the basement trying to select a piano, was willing to sit in as a fourth. So they maneuvered four concert grands into position, and gave the Bach...
...approved by a 33-6 vote at 2:30 a.m. (after an hour's harangue by the U.S.S.R.'s Andrei Gromyko, who thought the treaty merely a convenience for the "warmongering" U.S. and British press), the convention guarantees foreign correspondents free movement between signatory nations, and free access to news within them-rights they already have in all the nations likely to sign such a treaty. It forbids expulsion of newsmen for lawful newsgathering, and prohibits censorship except on national-defense matters. Under its "right of correction," a signatory country that feels a correspondent has distorted the news...
...Four Foreign Ministers who meet in Parts today in seek a German settlement may seize a favorable opportunity to explore a broader armistice in the cold war, diplomats said yesterday...
Those explorations might deal with Greece, Austria, China, and the atomic question. The foreign ministers completed their pre-conference strategy meetings yesterday...
Today marks the first meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers since December, 1947. A good deal has happened in the world during the 17 months that followed that last unsuccessful session, but very little of it has been designed to promote cheerful relations between the United States and Russia...