Word: held
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...thrown off stride by the vagaries of Nikita Khrushchev. Ever since the Iraqi coup, Khrushchev had rendered the nights hideous with his full-throated cries for a summit conference on the Mideast. In his evident eagerness he had even accepted the U.S. and British proposal for a summit meeting held within the framework of the U.N. Security Council. Then, early last week, in one of the most dizzying of Russia's many dizzying 180° turns, Khrushchev abruptly announced that "the Security Council was not in a position to ensure solution of the question of the situation...
...pronounced, that Washington and London would work to guarantee Israel's borders, and would come to Israel's aid if it was attacked. At week's end Israel's Milwaukee-raised Foreign Minister Golda Meir was invited to London on short notice. She had just held "satisfactory" talks with the French in Paris, where the De Gaulle government promised stepped-up arms shipments (Israel and France have been buddies against Nasser since Suez). From the British, about whom Israelis feel less sure, Minister Meir wanted a briefing on their intentions in Jordan, and a definite promise...
Green Table. But the Prime Ministers' talks did not go easily. Four and a half hours were spent around a green-draped table in the Anahtora Palace. Another conference was held the following day. The Greeks argued for liberal self-government for Cyprus that would "unite Cypriots, not divide them," and shied away from the British concept of "partnership" (Greece, Turkey and Britain all to have a voice in governing the island), and separate assemblies for Turkish and Greek Cypriots, because this seemed too close to the partition demanded by Turkey. Besides, argued the Greeks, such a plan would...
...Grays Hall Music Hour will be held in the morning this weekend, as well as during the afternoon, as usual. This Saturday and Sunday, from 9 to 11 a.m., students seeking refuge from exam studies may supplement their musical education...
...their united front, have informally agreed that all will close down if one is struck. While the U.A.W. would undoubtedly cry "Lockout!", the companies have legal precedent, of a sort, on their side.* The companies contend that the U.A.W. cannot afford a strike because unemployment and lagging dues have held the union's strike-war chest at $37.8 million, enough for only six weeks of benefit payments in an industry-wide walkout...