Word: lulls
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...police have banned numerous Catholic gatherings, arrested at least 13 priests on vague charges of "disrespect." Congress has slapped the church in the face by legalizing divorce and prostitution and banning traditional outdoor religious processions. At times it appeared that Peron wanted to call a truce, but after each lull the harassment began anew...
...violently opposed to desegregation in any way." Students showed last spring "to the booming majority of four to one" that they favor the Supreme Court's ruling. Again, the editor urges slow integration in the face of the disinterest of most students. "Perhaps," he says, "this is just the lull before the storm...
...reporter at the President's weekly news conference asked: Did Ike think there were any grounds for Senate Majority Leader William Knowland's statement that peaceful coexistence was a Trojan horse that would lull the U.S. into false security, to be followed by disaster? The President had a blunt rebuke for Knowland. Under the Constitution, Ike said, he and the Secretary of State were responsible for the conduct of foreign affairs. And neither of them, Ike added, had any tendency to take dangerous situations for granted...
Main Course: Words. At the Conrad Hilton Hotel, 25 C.I.O. pickets barked and yelped as Wilson arrived. They were parading three dogs (hired from a pet shop for $25). At the scheduled dinner hour, Wilson was still hard at work revising his speech; to lull the packed crowd of Republicans, the organist played How Much Is That Doggie in the Window...
...essence of the Soviet's strategy for world conquest," he said flatly, "is to lull Americans into a sleep of death by talking peace until the Soviet Union possesses enough hydrogen bombs and intercontinental bombers to pulverize the airfields and productive centers of the United States by a sneak attack . . . The Soviet Union will not stop of its own volition. It must be stopped...