Word: persons
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Swearing on the Koran. He began by sending off his court minister with letters telling his allies, Nasser, Saud and the Syrian President, what he meant to do. (Saud's generous reply: "You will always find me on your side in person and with my forces.") The Jordanian Cabinet's taunting response was to propose establishing diplomatic relations with Soviet Russia. For the young King, the moment had come. First summoning 50 top army officers to the palace and exacting loyalty pledges, he demanded the Cabinet's resignation. Nabulsi, a left-wing and anti-Western economist (educated...
...Wayward Bus Steinbeck caught a group of assorted characters in a close and unavoidable situation, sealed them off from their daily lives and examined them. He brought out their responsibilities by a kind of dialectic in friction, playing one person against another...
...only person in the cast who seemed to have any understanding of the play was Ethan Emery who was marvelously sardonic in a bit of satirical humor with a Mephistopholean laugh, representing Material Goods. Robert Hauert seemed to show possibility in his brief appearance as Strength, but the other players were barely competent...
Another suggestion which has received support recommends giving up the idea that a House must be named after a person and settling for places, such as Yale has done with some of its colleges...
According to fire inspectors, the blaze was set on top of 12,000 pounds of unused paper by a person or persons who entered a side door into a basement folding room in the 14 Plympton St. building. Most of the damage resulted from water poured on the burning paper by firemen and a sprinkler system...