Word: potatoe
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Burma government last week seemed to be looking for a graceful way to drop a hot potato, i.e., its prosecution for "high treason" of famed Burma Surgeon Gordon S. Seagrave (TIME...
...sticking to the numerous aspects of atomic energy which have nothing to do with bombmaking (e.g., radioactive tracers), Phoenix Project hopes to keep itself unhampered by restrictions. If its scientists stumble on something of "weapons" importance, they will toss it to the Government as if it were a radioactive potato...
...months later, when the Korean war began, Acheson picked up the hot potato again. It can be argued that he had to do this to prevent a possible invasion of Formosa and the consequent deterioration of the American strategic position in the Pacific, but propaganda-wise it was another bad mistake. It appeared as if America were reiterating its support of the discredited regime...
...quickly as possible, Acheson got rid of the hot potato once more, this time throwing it to the United Nations. But he didn't get rid of it entirely--America is a member of the U.N. and is therefore still part-owner of the same old potato...
...Solanum Tuberosum. The word "potato" is an old misnomer derived from the Spanish word batata, meaning sweet potato, which is not a true potato at all but a cousin of the morning glory...