Word: ments
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Ghent, such matters are crucial. Ever since 1830, when Belgium achieved its independence, Ghent Flemings have been sturdily defending themselves against the cultural influence of the French-speaking Walloons of south Belgium. In 1930 Ghent won a major victory: the Belgian govern" ment ruled that Flemish should be the official language of the university. Last week, with "I'affaire Van de Velde," the old dispute flared up again...
...Senator, I was not notified that I would have to make any comment," he replied. "If the committee wishes me to explain what I said, I'll do it. I have no desire to do it." He reached into his pocket and pulled out a prepared state ment, and an aide behind him began pass ing out mimeographed texts to newsmen in the room. His hands trembling, Dean Acheson began to read: "I have been so harassed by misrepre sentations as to what I said [in January] that as long as the matter has been brought...
...residents of Neuilly and the Bois, like the concierge at the little fat one's own apartment, shook their heads in wonder ment. "He was such a man of the world," said the shattered concierge. "He had no vice except Benedictine liqueur, which he drank by the bottle...
...documents in an attempt to prove that Tucker and associates had used $28 million raised in sales of stock and dealer franchises "for [their own] personal benefit and profit." The advertising of the Tucker Corp. was called a "pack of lies." None of the 34 cars made, said Govern" ment attorneys, had contained any of the revolutionary mechanical features mentioned...