Word: mend
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...weighed against his accomplishing what he hoped to do. It was not certain that what he thought best would best serve the interests of the West in the struggle against Communism. But a man of fresh ideas and heartening determination had taken command in France. His name is Pierre Mendès-France, and Frenchmen call him "The Man of Change...
...Pool. By custom, the search for a new Premier to replace the downfallen Joseph Laniel began with the man who had been most vigorous in opposition. That took President Coty straight to Mendès-France, a confident, energetic lawyer and economist...
There was little questioning of Mendès' competence, but the pundits gave him almost no chance to get a majority. He vas ambitious and personally disliked by some. The M.R.P. feared his demands for an Indo-China peace and his unfriendliness to EDC. The proud, nationalist minded followers of Charles de Gaulle liked his reservations on EDC but suspected that he stood for ignoble surrender in Indo-China. In the press gallery, correspondents made up a pool. Only two guessed that Mendès-France would win a majority...
Peace First. In a tight, blue suit, Mendès-France stepped briskly forward and nervously began to speak in curt, matter-of-fact tones. It was a daring foray, lucidly drafted and powerfully put. At the center of France's illness, said Mendès-France, is the hemorrhage of war in Indo-China. "Peace negotiated with our adversaries is required by the facts, and such a peace in turn [requires] the putting in order of our finances, revival of our economy and its expansion." But peace first...
...Crooner-Cinemactor Frank Sinatra (No.1: Cinemugger Mickey Rooney; No. 2: Bandleader Artie Shaw). Though well on her way to challenging the marriage records of such Hollywood veterans as Arline Judge (six husbands) and Hedy Lamarr (only five), Ava seemed momentarily weary. Just back from Italy, she was on the mend after a bout with two kidney stones. Nor had she got a warm welcome from her studio, which last week suspended her for stalling at playing the lead in Love Me or Leave Me, the film biography of Singer Ruth Etting...