Word: hoping
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...hope of peace, amidst so much hatred and recrimination, relies on whether both sides at this crucial moment are capable of trust, magnanimity and wisdom. "Stop this absurd fighting," pleaded De Gaulle last week. Answered Ferhat Abbas: "Now is the time to negotiate. We can work out a new kind of relationship between Algeria and France. Even those who are fighting are prepared to find new bonds." The world could only hope...
...public servants, technicians and army units would leave within three months. Financial aid would cease, and Guinea's exports (coffee, bananas, bauxite) would be subject to the same stiff tariffs as those of other foreign countries. As the French tricolor vanished from the land, Touré began to hope that, having slammed the door, he would not find it irrevocably locked behind him. He hailed France as "a friend and generous brother," called for economic negotiations. Though some Frenchmen wanted to teach Touré a lesson, others counseled the dangers of driving him to appeal to Nasser...
Pope Pius last week ranged himself solidly on the side of the angels. Speaking to a group of American pilgrims, he pointed out that since they might hope to spend "an eternity of joy" with the angels in heaven, they might as well "begin to know the angels now." Said the Pope...
...Still. On the east and west facades were 880 huge aluminum louvers geared by a master clock to foil the sun from now until A.D. 2100. It was the museum's biggest opening night, and Director Cheek was delighted. Said he: "People came back thrilled and exhilarated. I hope we're helping make a handsomer world in Virginia...
...real problem, left open the question of how long the agreement would work. Now the U.S. is also taking the lead in setting up a study group to plan a stabilization board for the world's hard-pressed lead and zinc producers. It favors these plans in the hope that they may replace unpopular import quotas that have alienated friends, such as the quotas put on lead and zinc imports to protect domestic producers...