Word: pledgees
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Innocent Passage. When word of the U.S. offer flashed through Israel, citizens who had just paraded in defiant anticipation of sanctions could hardly conceal their satisfaction. "We have forced on the State Department a transformation in its thinking," said one. But in Jerusalem, old (70) Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion...
Actually, the French gained the day by promising the morrow. Foreign Minister Christian Pineau himself recognized that France had given "a kind of international pledge." Said Pineau: "The approval we have received at the U.N., notably on the part of the U.S., was largely due to the fact that we...
Before this session Udall got in touch with other committee Democrats who felt as he did. Together the rebels drew up 16 rules specifying set times for meetings and establishment of regular subcommittees. They got Sam Rayburn's pledge of neutrality, buttonholed other members of both parties to point...
GOODS & SERVICES New Ideas Smoke Now, Pay Later. Larus & Brother Co. of Richmond, Va. announced a "Take your premium now-pay later" scheme to spur the sales of their Holiday cigarettes. Customers select a premium gift (e.g., a Zippo lighter for 255 coupons), make a down payment of 15 Holiday...
The Unbreakable. Selected to lead the California delegation to the Republican National Convention, Knowland was avidly wooed by presidential hopefuls. From the Eisenhower camp came strong hints that the vice-presidential nomination could be his. From the Taft forces (but not from Taft himself) came a direct promise that support...