Word: neighbors
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...ties with the West, Adenauer agreed to establish diplomatic relations with Russia. Why not? From a U.S. viewpoint, only two points matter: 1) that Germany has not moved toward Communism or neutralism, 2) that any step toward the normalization of West Germany's relations with its neighbor nations is a step away from the danger that another German trauma will disturb the peace of Europe...
Isaiah bought a house next to a white man who turned surly and mean. One day the neighbor repented because the party fence between their property needed fixing; he suggested that they do the job together. "After all," said the white man, "we belong to the same church and are going to the same heaven." But Isaiah, remembering the slights he had received, turned down the olive branch. "I'd rather go to hell," he snapped...
Retired Nationalist General Yu Ching-man lacked the high distinction of his Hong Kong neighbor General Wei Li-huang, who defected to the Communists last March. Nevertheless, as a onetime commander of the Nationalist 26th Army in Yunnan and leader of the long-drawn-out defense of Changteh against the Japanese in 1943, he was a soldier worth wooing to any cause. He had prospered outside Red China with his investments in Hong Kong real estate, in Macao fisheries and Chinese trading firms...
...kind of like leaning over the back fence chatting," explains Earl Selby, a top reporter and columnist on the Philadelphia Bulletin. "The problems may not be earthshakers, but they hit the neighbor where he lives." Selby's chats take place Mondays through Fridays at 6:25 p.m. on Mr. Fixit, a local show telecast by Station WCAU-TV. Sometimes blond, crew-cut Earl Selby, 37, uses his five minutes to point up some civic horror, as when he appeared unshaven and in tattered clothes to talk about Skid Row and what it costs the city-$650,000 in relief...
...neighbor most concerned was Bonwit Teller's President Walter Hoving. As soon as he read about the plans of Maidman and Bulova, Department Storeman Hoving rode right out to Oyster Bay, L.I. to suggest to Tiffany President Louis de Bébian Moore that he take over. Hoving armed his offer with a pledge to preserve Tiffany's character and traditions, and leave management unchanged...