Word: fourth
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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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...
...practical requirements of government. France's present national crisis seems to be one of these occasions. De Gaulle, offering resolution to a country that has been plagued by political pusillanimity for the past twelve years, represents France's best, and probably only, chance to pour life back into a Fourth Republic which has been slowly dying and weakening the stature of the whole nation with its disease...
...government's victory became assured, Indonesian officials spoke enthusiastically about the "new understanding" between Djakarta and Washington. President Sukarno and his beautiful fourth wife, Hartini, made an unprecedented visit to Ambassador Jones's Dutch colonial residence for lunch. Sukarno jovially shook hands with the four U.S. marines of the embassy guard; he toasted President Eisenhower and the American people in orange squash. Purred another guest, Foreign Minister Subandrio: "We insiders, who know the process of thinking of Dulles and the setup of the State Department, realize that Indonesian-U.S. relations are improving...
...that Bonus Baby Dick Schofield belonged at short, that Outfielder Ken Boyer belonged on third. And that left no place for Veteran Al Dark, the aging (35) utility infielder St. Louis got from the Giants in 1956. Rounding out his twelfth season in the majors, Dark went to his fourth team, the Chicago Cubs, in an even trade for Jim Brosnan, a husky (6 ft. 4½ in., 215 lbs.) righthanded pitcher...
MACHINE-TOOL ORDERS, one of the economy's barometers, fell 22% from March to April after three months of climb. New orders in April totaled $28.3 million, with almost one-fourth from foreign lands, where automakers continue to buy U.S. tools...