Word: pierson
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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With Britain's Baghdad Pact ally, Iraq, as spokesman, the Arab states argued in the Security Council that Oman was independent territory, and British troops and planes had no business there. Britain's Sir Pierson Dixon replied that under the 1920 Treaty of Sib (which the British have never published), the Imam, "a religious leader," had won a measure of autonomy, but that the Sultan was still sovereign over all of Muscat and Oman, and that therefore Britain was within its rights in answering his plea for help. The British pointed out tellingly that none of the Arab...
...Pierson S. P. Bennett...
Foreign Minister Christian Pineau of France touched off the latest round of Suez talk with a call on the 11-nation Security Council to arrange new negotiations with Egypt for a permanent settlement. He drew quick backing from Sir Pierson Dixon of Britain, and Ronald Walker of Australia...
...second singles, Cal Place defeated Dan Pierson, 3 to 1, and Larry Sears and Charlie Hamm won 3-0 and 3-1 victories at third and fourth singles respectively. Charlie MacVeagh and Henry Cortesi both picked up 3-0 wins in the fifth and sixth positions, while Pete Lund and Hank Holmes rounded out the Crimson scoring with victories at the number seven and nine slots...
Following Hoehn will be junior Dan Pierson, a big, hard-hitting power player who led the freshman team two years ago but who was ineligible last season, and captain Aaron Daniels...