Word: haile
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...most dramatic issue was one not yet on any U.N. agenda: the cold war between Russia and Yugoslavia. The Yugoslav delegation voted with the Russians against the Chinese Nationalists' proposal; in effect this was a vote for China's new Communist rulers, whom the Yugoslavs hail as comrades, hoping that the Chinese might turn to a Titoism of their own. But on most other issues, the Yugoslavs lined up with the West. Last week, the U.S. announced that it would back the Yugoslavs for a seat on the Security Council against Czechoslovakia. The Yugoslavs, declared the Ukraine...
...dark thunderstorm that had lowered over Washington all morning broke with a crash of thunder and a rattle of hail just as the President's statement was handed to White House reporters: "We have evidence that within recent weeks an atomic explosion occurred in the U.S.S.R...
...live with the Russians' bomb as well as its own. For the first time, U.S. citizens would know, as much of the world had known since 1945, how it feels to live under the threat of sudden destruction-coming like a clap of thunder and a rattle of hail...
Without doubt, when the hour of great revelation comes, it will be most solemn, and all the Christian world will hail it with renewed manifestations of faith and gratitude." These words over the Vatican radio last week heightened the anticipation that was spreading throughout the Roman Catholic world: had the tomb...
...Hail of Complaints. As a result of the Congress Party's vacillation, India's Socialist Party, though still small, is gradually gaining members, many from disillusioned Congress ranks. A typical recent convert was Sarangdhar Das, an engineer, who summed up much of India's present resentments when he described a visit to his native province: "The villagers were no longer exulting in freedom. Instead, they came at me with a hail of complaints -where is our cloth, where is our food, where is our fuel? I urged them to plant trees for fuel. They pointed...