Word: knowed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Your account of the murderous assault attempted on Mr. Rountree leads me to think that any day now we will be able to persuade the Iraqis to accept a generous contribution from us. Just to keep them friendly, you know (and out of the lap of the Russians)-like Nasser (whose trained mobs stoned Americans passing out free CARE packages), and Tito (who has kindly accepted $900 million from us, and voted recently with Russia on the Hungarian resolutions...
...Congo's gradual emancipation that is to be presented to Parliament this week, gave his countrymen a brief but pointed lecture. "We have been on the border of catastrophe," he said. "We are not without fault. We could not wait so long without punishment before letting the Congolese know of our intentions...
...Herrington tanks cleared a path for Castro's Jeep. Rebels with outthrust rifles finally forced the way through the throngs to the palace, where Castro got a warm abrazo from his hand-picked President, Manuel Urrutia. "I never did like this palace," Castro told the crowd, "and I know you do not either, but maybe the new government will change our feel ings." Later, at Camp Columbia, where 30,000 people waited, he spoke in his high-pitched voice, promising "peace with liberty, peace with justice, peace with individual rights." A white dove flew up from the crowd...
...failed to be stirring largely because Laurence Harvey as Henry, given some of Shakespeare's best writing for trumpet, could not make the climaxes. (When asked if Harvey had a cold, someone who ought to know said, "No, he's a film actor.") And his clipped, fastidious diction sounds like a mannerism picked up from overindulgence in Restoration comedy...
Through use of ballots included in the publication, Croman hopes to ascertain opinion on questions of interest to the student body. He also noted that "the Council does many good things which do not get publicized, and we should let students know what we are discussing...