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Word: occasionals (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Heading the guest list in rank and position was Air Force General Nathan Twining, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who has accepted Martin's hospitality three times (on one occasion accompanied by his wife, son, daughter and infant grandson). Other guests: Air Force Lieut. General E. R...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMED FORCES: Brass Island | 12/14/1959 | See Source »

"I intend, on an appropriate occasion," the President promised Democrat Humphrey, "to restate to the Congress my support for the elimination of this reservation. Elimination of this automatic reservation from our own declaration accepting compulsory jurisdiction would place the U.S. in a better position to urge other countries to agree...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Toward World Law | 12/7/1959 | See Source »

The occasion was the 138th anniversary of Panama's independence from Spain, and cooler heads tried to confine it to a university-sponsored sovereignty rally in a plaza eight blocks from the Canal Zone. But even before the first moderate speaker could finish, 200 well-organized rioters took over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PANAMA: Fanned Flames | 12/7/1959 | See Source »

Though the South African government shrugged off the U.N. action as one more example of a nation the world misunderstood, the English-language Rand Daily Mail gloomily noted that "on each occasion the number of countries supporting the resolution gradually increases," and wondered how long the government "can go on...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTH AFRICA: Condemned by the U.N. | 11/30/1959 | See Source »

IN the early days, Christmas, St. Valentine's Day and birthdays were the major occasions for greeting cards. Hall pushed the idea of cards for every sentiment, every event, now does 50% of his annual business outside of the big holidays. He went after such writers as Ogden Nash...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: The Greeting Card King | 11/30/1959 | See Source »

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