Word: parentes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...relations with the Chinese will be rather like England's with the U.S." What Nikita apparently had in mind was his own peculiar interpretation of Anglo-U.S. relations-a kind of father-son tie in which the elder power is accorded the deference due to a parent. Last week, thanks to Khrushchev's miscalculations, the whole world could see that father's authority was already a little challenged...
...Missing Word. Speaking like a stern parent. De Gaulle refused to budge. Events of the last twelve years, during which the whims of the Assembly had toppled 25 governments, proved, said he, that Articles 14 and 21 are "indispensable." Then De Gaulle moved on to a subject the committee was anxious to hear more about-the question of the territories overseas, including the vast areas of French West Africa (see next page), French Equatorial Africa and Madagascar. For these, De Gaulle offered three choices: 1) status quo,as semi-autonomous territories; 2) integration as departments of France; or 3) some...
...Harris got his House Subcommittee on Legislative Oversight to vote a unanimous recommendation that Goldfine be cited for contempt of the House for his refusal to answer 22 questions during gaudy hearings before the subcommittee on the operations of his Boston real estate companies. Then Chairman Harris got the parent House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee to add its unanimous endorsement. This virtually assured an automatic contempt citation by the House and a pointed invitation to the Justice Department to prosecute...
...cutting of classes in the name of "activities"-pep rallies, assemblies, community projects or sports-has become a high school commonplace throughout the U.S. Last week school officials in Portland let it be known that they had had enough. A conference of principals and teachers agreed that school-and parent-sponsored activities had made "serious inroads in class attendance." Superintendent J.W. Edwards informed the city that this year the "three-ring circus" is not coming to town. Among changes...
...Parent-sponsored shows will not be held during school hours. Among well-meant time eaters at one high school last year: lectures on safe skiing...