Word: outright
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...major social overhaul that Guatemala's newspapers and churchmen were hopefully talking about. Making his first speech as president, Castillo Armas concentrated on attacking the old government. He did promise that peasants who have received plots under the Arbenz land-reform law will get their titles outright; until now the government has retained the deeds, both to prevent resale and to keep political control over the farmers.* But the general reaction, even among Castillo's warmest backers, was one of sharp disappointment. They were hoping for a bold, positive program to rebuild the country's political...
...Wolff family has also given the debate council an outright gift of $400 for current use, Packard added...
...assumed the role of a presidential emissary. With Taruc's son Romeo, I met Taruc a second time. He was greatly disappointed at the President's refusal to meet him, but he was careful not to reject our terms outright. Instead, he made a counterproposal: a "cease-fire," with all military operations frozen while he consulted his Huk advisers. I told Taruc that President Magsaysay would never agree to a "cease-fire," which would simply take pressure off the guerrillas. Negotiations bogged down...
However, he did not call for any law to outlaw the Communist Party outright...
Douglas also stated that he was not in favor of the outright recognition of Red China, and he feels that the British acted too hastily. "We must reach a political settlement first," he said. This would basically concern Korea, Formosa, and Indochina...