Word: gained
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Italian election, you were the most understanding. The majority of commentators pointed out the glaring disparity between the large sums of American money spent for Italian economic reconstruction and the apparent ingratitude of Italians in voting either left or right. Without minimizing the failure of the coalition parties to gain the bonus for extra seats, I would like to add a few comments from the Italian viewpoint. More than 93% of the 28 million Italian voters turned out for the election. Isn't this an alltime record, especially for a country which has been a democracy only since...
Dramatic Offer. This kind of wishful thinking influenced British and French demands for a four-power conference with Russia. Last week, with jungle law clearly stalking the Kremlin, a four-power conference seemed less appropriate than ever. Whoever represented Russia at such a conference would gain in recognition and stature against his rivals. It is hardly in the interest of the anti-Communist powers to abate the dog fight by helping the Communists to pick a new top dog. At this time of renewed treachery and revolt in the Communist world, any contribution the U.S. could make toward its further...
...Pusey. In Wisconsin he endorsed and lent his support to libelous smear-campaign material ... I am very happy that he has left my home town of Appleton. Regardless of who takes his place, it will be an improvement. In other words, Harvard's loss is Wisconsin's gain...
...question. What cuts can be made? The social-welfare budget is an obvious choice for surgery, but with the left-wing members dominating the Assembly, no government could survive an attack on this. Last year Premier Pinay made a success by slashing long-term investments, but the gain was temporary, the loss to industry permanent...
Technically not an epidemic site, Alabama's Montgomery County (pop. 139,000) was the first to gain recognition from federal officials as an emergency area entitled to use gamma globulin for mass inoculations. As the county's list of polio victims neared 80, the Office of Defense Mobilization allotted it 250,000 cc (67 gallons), enough to provide shots for more than 30,000 youngsters under ten. Montgomery's doctors and nurses, medical personnel from two Air Force fields, and housewives recruited by the Parent-Teacher Association, set up 18 inoculation stations in schools. From morning...