Word: laking
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Dewey arrived in Salt Lake City for the governors' convention this week, he was as self-assured as ever. His backers figured that he had 393 sure convention votes of the 547 needed for nomination. Western Republicans were already warning California's Governor Earl Warren that unless he got off the fence soon, western delegates would swing to Dewey. And Dewey men confidently cited the political dogma that, the more Democratic opposition stiffened, the more professional GOPsters would turn to Tom Dewey as the one man who could carry the Republicans into office. They were confident that...
Secretary Marshall told the Governors' Conference at Salt Lake City last night that the United States must increase its economic aid to Europe or else see a decline of democracy. At the same time in Washington Harold E. Stassen asked America not to "abandon" the eight small states remaining aloof from the Paris conference at Russia's instigation...
Destruction of all atomic weapons, Russia's proposal to the U. N. atomic energy commission at Lake Success, was removed from the floor as other delegates expressed preference for the American Baruch plan, which would establish effective international control first...
...Greece by a 2500-man guerrilla force was announced by the government at Athens yesterday, after a disclosure that another smaller force from Albania had been repulsed and driven back to the border. Meanwhile Vasslli Oendramis, Greek ambassador to the United States, urged U.N. Security Council intervention at Lake Success in view of "drastically more serious" conditions on the Greek-Albanian frontier...
Wine may still stop its flow at Wellesley's verdant borders, but not so women or even song of the hotel orchestra variety. The 500 wooded acres on Lake Waban are currently the home of the only college-sponsored theatre in America, marking opening night tonight replete with aircraft escort...