Word: pledgees
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Each volunteer takes the following pledge when he joins the movement: "We, the oppressed people of South Africa, hereby solemnly pledge ourselves to carry on a relentless struggle to repeal the unjust laws as laid down in the plan of action of the African National Congress, supported by the South...
Equally important, the State Department recently negotiated an agreement under which Great Britain and France pledge that they will not allow Greek or other ships to take on fuel and supplies or even touch at their ports while hauling strategic materials to China. McCarthy knew all this.
There were sharp differences of opinion on whether McCarthy had promised the shipowners anything in return for their pledge. McCarthy said he hadn't. But a member of the subcommittee, South Dakota's Republican Karl Mundt, said the subcommittee had promised not to continue "raking up stuff" about...
¶ To help promising medical educators get started, Manhattan's John and Mary R. Markle Foundation announced awards to its sixth annual class, numbering 21 scholars. To the medical school employing each scholar, the foundation grants $6,000 a year for five years. The schools pledge good salaries and...
The Insult. Fortnight ago their chance came. Yoshida was under attack in the press for following a foreign policy "subservient" to that of the U.S. Socialists accused him of rearming Japan before Japan can afford rearmament; rightists warned that he is not rearming Japan fast enough to meet the Communist...