Word: notted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Forty-eight hours later the government proudly announced to the world that Kostov had been hanged. It also made an extraordinary claim which it did not document; before the end, said the Ministry of Justice, Kostov had made a groveling plea for mercy and a "full confession." The late Traicho...
All but lost in the strident Afrikaans outburst was the calmer voice of former Prime Minister Jan Christian Smuts, who pleaded: "Let this monument of our genesis be ... a symbol not only of the past but of our reconciliation . . ." Judge Newton Thompson bluntly spoke for South Africans of British descent...
The U.S. recognized the new government of Panama last week. But, as Secretary of State Dean Acheson implied at his press conference, this merely meant an admission by the U.S. that brazen Arnulfo Arias had caught the brass ring on Panama's political merry-go-round. "The act of...
The statement drew applause from other Latin nations. Even Trujillo's old ally, Nicaraguan Dictator "Tacho" Somoza, spoke up: "Nicaragua knows how to settle its problems with its neighbors through the inter-American peace machinery. It's a shame that the Dominican Republic can't handle its...
Succeeding governments have tinkered further with the law. As it stands now, at least 10% of net profits must be divided among employees according to their rate of pay. The bonus may not exceed two months' pay. Most prosperous employers consider one month's pay a minimum, and...