Word: pledgees
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Atomic Bombing. Britons, who have voiced concern lest a headstrong U.S. use its air bases in England for atomic bomb flights against Russia, were pleased by a Truman pledge: the U.S. will not use the bases for A-bombings without consultation and approval by the British.
Fussy Rigmarole. Vice Admiral Charles Turner Joy, the chief U.N. delegate, flew to Tokyo last week, conferred lengthily with Matt Ridgway and returned to Munsan with what correspondents believed to be the latest Washington compromise proposal in his briefcase. The newsmen thought that the U.N. would ask the Communists for...
The pledge business seemed a fussy sort of rigmarole. But it was a sign that Washington was flexing its slack muscles and bracing itself to launch a policy of determent (i.e., a warning of direct punishment, rather than a mere renewal of battle in Korea) as the best means of...
With such solemn phrases, Adenauer appealed to the West German Republic last week to pledge its most precious asset, the Ruhr, to the great task of building a European community. Up for vote was German ratification of the Schuman Plan, which would put the coal and steel of Germany and...
The buyer had to pledge to pay off ?11 million sterling in delinquent interest to Barcelona's bondholders. To Buyer March that will be a pleasure, since he owns all the bonds and thus will pay ?11 million to himself out of Barcelona's fat profits. Spain'...