Word: holdes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...shrink on July 1. But that was all the tax trimming the Senate did. It voted down a flurry of tax-cut proposals, passed the Smathers-nicked Administration bill with nary an audible nay. Ahead this week: a House-Senate conference to decide whether the House, which approved a hold-the-line bill with no exceptions, will stand still for the Smathers amendments...
...Christian Coast. But the deeper question was whether stopping the infiltration would stop the fighting. The rebels in Lebanon already had plenty of arms and plenty of men. They hold whole chunks of Lebanese territory, particularly around the borders. And if the end did not come soon (or evaporate, as Middle East crises sometimes do), the confused and intermittent struggle for Lebanon might become a crucial battle for the whole Middle East. Behind the Lebanese revolt, whether he started it or not, stood Nasser, his propaganda stirred up hatred* and his agents smuggled arms. Back of the Lebanese government, which...
...third course, if a hundred men crisscrossing the Lebanese mountains in white jeeps should not hold back Nasser's ambitions, would be to create a U.N. force with troops from such middle-size powers as India, Brazil, Norway, large enough to seal off Lebanon's borders. Nasser has been happy enough to accept just such a U.N. Emergency Force to seal his Palestine frontier since the Israeli withdrawal of 1957. Such U.N. assistance might stabilize the little country long enough for the rebels to stop fighting, for Chamoun to serve out his lawful term...
Larrazábal appeared to be developing a strategy of enthusiastic reticence. He was not actively seeking the nomination. But he was ready if the nation drafted him. The best way to nurture a draft was to hold the popularity of the masses. And at the moment the best way to be popular is to stay on good terms with Venezuela Communists, who claim 26,000 members and are riding the crest of the post-dictatorship leftward swing. Larrazábal, it seemed, intended to do just that. Said the admiral at his press conference: "Maybe I am naive...
Terrebonne putters around, dreams of the old days and is never surprised by island foolishness because she has seen it all before. And always there is gossip and long-winded conversation that bring to mind a remark once made by Author Grau: "If I get hold of something that seems to be flowing, I can work all day long...