Word: friendships
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...another New World of which our children and descendants will speak proudly 350 years from now. Eighteen years ago, my father at the White House, on just such an occasion as this, proposed the toast which I am going to propose tonight. I pray that the ancient ties of friendship between the people of the U.S. and of my peoples may long endure, and I wish you, Mr. President, every possible health and happiness...
...battle revolves around 17 highly publicized appointments made last December by the School Committee. Five members of the group, headed by Mayor Sullivan, suspended the rules and proceeded to make what their CCA opponents term appointments based on "petty political friendship, personal friendship, or relationship." The CCA charges that the "independents," among whom was Anthony Galluccio, a CCA-endorsed candidate now running wthout CCA support, made the appointments without the legally required approval of the Superintendent of Schools and without submitting the candidates to competitive examinations...
Unlocked Door. The son of a penniless Syrian immigrant, Jorge Antonio parlayed a friendship with Perón's brother-in-law into a personal fortune close to $215 million. After Perón's downfall in 1955, Antonio and his five friends were packed off to a remote jail 170 miles from the continent's mainland tip. A special warden was assigned to foil escape attempts-at a salary of $86 a month. Jorge took care of that. One night last March the special warden unlocked the prison gates and discreetly disappeared; Jorge and friends...
Hays is undoubtedly the Arkansan closest to Eisenhower because of his long-standing friendship with Sherman Adams, and his appeal for the removal of the Regular Army may be considered very seriously by Eisenhower...
...right to editorialize. The network lists him only as one of its hired hands, but Murrow is something of a power in himself, with his own generously financed domain and the strong personal loyalty of key CBS news staffers. His unique status stems from 1) his close friendship with Board Chairman William S. Paley, with whom he deals directly, 2) his onetime role as a major architect of its news staff and policy, and 3) the hard fact that if CBS ever loses him, it will be NBC's gain. CBS pays him well over $300,000 a year...