Word: messe
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Actually, neither Democrats nor Republicans much liked the Kennedy-Ives bill. Many Democrats thought that it was too strong; most Republicans considered it too weak. But as labor's mess loomed high on the list of political issues for this fall's campaign, Republicans could point to the fact that it was House Speaker Sam Rayburn who had sat on the Kennedy-Ives bill for "40 days and 40 nights," thereby ruling out any real chance of its passing. The Republicans could also campaign on the fact that House Democrats had shelved a G.O.P. labor bill, stronger than...
Show Trial. The Jordanians evidently intended the trial to be a showpiece, proving how firmly King Hussein's government acts against saboteurs. Public and press were invited to the officers' mess hall where it was held. But the trial also showed how ineptly the government ran courts-martial and condoned torture. Overnight, Radio Cairo began hailing Nadia as a new "Moslem Joan of Arc," ignoring the fact that she is actually a Christian. Cried the Cairo newspaper Al Shaab: "The coward King, feeling his weakness and impotence before his giant people, has chosen to fight women...
Congressional Democrats had been aching for months to get back home and start pelting the Eisenhower Administration with a juicy collection of overripe campaign fruit: the "Eisenhower Recession," the "Pentagon Mess" that saw the U.S. lag behind Russia in technological progress, the "Vicuna Coat Case" involving White House Staff Chief Sherman Adams and influence-buying Boston Millionaire Bernard Goldfine. But last week, about ready to head for the hustings, Capitol Hill Democrats were dismayed to find that the rush of world events had drastically cut into their ammunition supply. Items...
...gardens of his Sussex home. The idea struck him that this might be the time for a personal visit to Athens and Ankara in the hope that one quick, bold move, at a time when both sides were weary and fearful, might finally clear up the bloody mess on Cyprus. For six weeks an apparent softening had been noticeable in the Greek position, a willingness to explore a settlement that would not insist on the future rights of enosis, i.e., the union of Cyprus with Greece. Turkey, too, was so absorbed by the revolutionary turmoil of her Arab neighbors that...
...this tidy re-entry solution may soon be due for obsolescence. The trouble is that a blunt nose falls too slowly to evade sophisticated countermissiles, and even gusty winds can mess up its accuracy. Future nose cones will have to fall much faster...