Word: old
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Some influential British civil servants now privately concede that Britain's postwar isolation from the Continent may have been a historic mistake in foreign policy. But dominant forces in both the Conservative and Labor parties seem reluctant to leave the safety of the three familiar circles. The old isolation speaks to something basic in British pride. The government's attitude toward Europe still seems to be to procrastinate and to improvise. Britons argue that Franco-German amity is unnatural, that a European movement without Britain is bound to fade once De Gaulle or Adenauer is gone, and that...
This week, hobbling on a cane to prop a leg hurt on an Italian holiday last summer, the old Chancellor prepared to fly to London to persuade Britain that the Federal Republic has not put all its eggs in De Gaulle's basket...
...remembering their parents' talk of the hard poverty in their old-country village, the two brothers-who had never been there-decided on a gift for San Marco. Everyone in the village would be given 25 shares of Bank of America stock, worth $1,200, with annual dividends running to $80 or more. Said Joseph: "We felt that giving them stock, so they would get a dividend check every quarter, would put joy in everyone's heart." Argued Victor: "Then we thought that because of America's trouble with Russia . . . this might be a pretty good move...
...Pope. Several weeks ago a Bank of America officer moved into the village, quietly began listing everyone entitled to stock- from 18-month-old Orietta Perasso to 90-year-old Giovanni Ferretto. Unaccustomed to stocks and banks, or for that matter to generous, impulsive gestures from strangers, the villagers were suspicious. But last week all save a few skeptics donned feast-day clothes to sign their names-or "X"-to their Bank of America stock certificates. Few had decided what to do with their money. "We wait until tomorrow," said one peasant. "I might buy a suit." allowed another...
Over the centuries, the pattern hardly changed-until the tides of African nationalism began to lap even at the borders of the Land of the Mountains of the Moon. Though the Belgians never seriously interfered with the old order, the schools they opened gave the Muhutus some new notions about their old masters. In 1957 the Muhutus even formed their own political party. The Watutsis in turn also organized, began badgering Brussels to give them autonomy at once while they still had the Muhutus firmly under their thumb. The last thing they wanted was for Brussels to push through...