Word: keyed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Monro added that, as far as he knew, the power to call for a new election rested with the Council and its president, Leland, thus putting Leland in a key position on both sides of the affair
...reaction to the spending plans was less than enthusiastic. Some key Democrats challenged the space and missile financing as too small. Nor did Republican congressional leaders organize any cheering section as they marched out of a 2 1/2 hour conference with President Eisenhower...
...average 40 years of age, they are moving front and center to key posts of their companies, communities, professions. Two months ago Ohio Judge Potter Stewart, 43, a lieutenant aboard a Navy tanker in the North African invasion, became the World War II vets' third U.S. Supreme Court Justice, after Brennan and Harlan. (On the bench they sit with five veterans of World War I: eight of the nine Justices have seen wartime military service...
...World War II and Korea transition go so smoothly? One key reason: the veterans found the way home paved with every comeback aid the nation could provide. The G.I. Bill of Rights and related laws offered what one vet calls a "bonus in advance," the most lavish assistance program in history (total Veterans Administration spending since 1946: $72 billion). Most important, the aid was given when and where it could help a man re-enter competitive society. U.S. Employment Service set up a nationwide job hunt. The VA guaranteed $50 billion worth of low-interest loans to help...
Returning after a two-week Christmas recess, the delegates will discuss problems dealing with specific inspection arrangements and voting procedures. The key question is whether or not the Russians will accept a truly international system of control to prevent nuclear test cheating