Word: oppositionism
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Council opposition to the proposal came from Edward J. Sullivan, who suggested investigation of the possibility of renovating the present school building, and from John D. Lynch, who proposed that Radcliffe suggest to Harvard the possibility of donating some of its Observatory Hill property for the school. To Lynch's...
Eating Crow. From the Laborites came shouts of "Ho! Ho!" and Opposition Leader Hugh Gaitskell commented sarcastically, "The government deserve particular credit for eating so many words and even inviting Archbishop Makarios to the conference." Macmillan huffed back at Gaitskell: "He never has been and never will be able to...
If in Syria itself there was now no visible opposition to Nasser's rule (the Communists and all other parties are banned), economic strains were being felt. Syrian foreign exchange holdings had shrunk in half in the merger's first year. Nasser's determination to force Syria...
¶ In Malaya, deceptively gentle-mannered Prime Minister Tengku Abdul Rahman, 56, announced that he was resigning after a two-month vacation because "the time has come for me to go among the people again." Rahman's reasoning: he has ruled for the past four years through an alliance...
Last month in Istanbul, Athenagoras backed James for election to the New York see against stiff opposition. The battle arena: Greek Orthodoxy's twelve-seat Holy Synod, composed of 16 metropolitans (on a revolving basis), whose actual or titular sees are in Turkey. To elect James, Athenagoras needed a...