Word: neutralized
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...atoms between the stars are ionized (i.e., separated into a proton and an electron) by light and other radiation. These ions form a kind of electrical conductor: free protons move to the outside of the unit until they have carried away enough positive electricity to make the interior electrically neutral...
...subject of birth control, the Presbyterians passed a resolution stating that the "sexual life" of a Christian marriage is "given by God for the benefit of his children, and is neither an ethically neutral aspect of human existence nor an evil which needs to be justified by something else, as, for example, by the procreation of children." The proper use of "medically approved contraceptives may contribute to the spiritual, emotional and economic welfare of the family." ¶ On the subject of race relations the Assembly cautioned United Presbyterians against supporting or tolerating assaults on the "God-given and Constitutionally guaranteed...
Candid Admission. Nonetheless, in his oblique fashion, Charles de Gaulle seemed to be indicating that he knew something that everyone else had missed. A heady scent of behind-the-scenes bargaining was in the air. Modifying the rebels' previous insistence that any negotiations must be held in neutral territory, Ferhat Abbas, "Prime Minister" of the Algerian rebel government, announced that he would be willing to go to Paris to talk with De Gaulle after preliminary contacts in a neutral country...
Since the Tibetan revolt against Red rule could not be explained away, it had to be shouted away. The horror expressed by neutral nations at Red brutality was answered by strident threats; even India's docile Prime Minister Nehru was pictured as an archvillain who is holding the escaped Dalai Lama "under duress." Now India joined the list of monstrous enemies: Formosa, Britain, the U.S., even tiny states like Thailand and Nepal. "We will never allow those foul hogs to poke their snouts into our beautiful garden!" shouted a Congress delegate...
...opposition to "Buy American legislation." A chamber spokesman denied that the chamber had changed its views, called the alterations in the text "little sops that helped quiet the opposition." But he conceded: "Now, the chamber has no policy on Buy American. From being against it, now we are officially neutral...