Word: move
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...ally, called his first press conference in three years, added to Dulles' troubles by proclaiming that I) the U.S.'s recent meetings with Red China diplomats in Warsaw to negotiate a cease-fire were "futile," and 2) the U.S., in any event, had "approved" his decision to move strong forces onto Quemoy and the other offshore islands. "Fear," said Chiang, "grows the farther you get from the front-all the way back to the U.S." In a speech to the National Guard Association of the U.S. at Atlantic City, N.J., Under Secretary of State Christian Herter...
...would be willing to negotiate Chiang's forces out of Quemoy if the Communists would just stop shooting. ¶Denied Chiang's statement that the U.S. had approved his Quemoy buildup, countered flatly that the U.S. "did not attempt to veto it"-but nonetheless had thought the move unwise (a military point seriously disputed by the Pentagon, which thought Chiang's buildup none too large to resist invasion...
...time, trying to beat the date set for reopening of Little Rock's beleaguered Central High School, the court did not take time to write a full opinion. It more than made up for the deficit last week, with all nine Justices not only concurring but-an unusual move-sharing in the authorship of the 5,000 words read by Chief Justice Earl Warren...
...room, 16th century Chateau de Vauvenargues in sunny Provence. Fortnight ago, the pleased master of Vauvenargues showed up for a housewarming. At first Homeowner Pablo Picasso thought that the dank castle, which has no central heating and little plumbing, would make a fine warehouse, later decided to move in himself. Proletarian Pablo would undoubtedly forgo the title (marquis) that goes with the moldy heap, but the price of restoration-an estimated $500,000-would give him an even better one: France's most richly housed Communist...
...book dubs himself Worm, never leaves a large jar. It stands on a pedestal in a street presumably in Paris, just outside a chophouse. He is without arms and legs, and a collar fastened to the lip of the jar fits under his jaw so that he cannot move his head. The restaurant owner's wife changes the sawdust in the jar now and then, feeds him, and festoons the grisly exhibit with Chinese lanterns. Watching the passing show, Mahood cries endless tears into his beard and tries to answer the questions which are the opening words...