Word: present
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Cabled TIME'S Paris Bureau Chief Andre Laguerre: "If any agreement comes out of this conference, it will only reflect the realities of the present position; it will not create new realities. The fact is that in Europe the West is stronger than Russia. Either the Russians, who are usually realists, will accept that fact and make a deal favorable to the West, or they will refuse to accept it, and keep on fighting the cold war, in which case they ought to get progressively weaker in Europe...
...exports threatened rising unemployment. Many economists would welcome this, on the argument that a "normal" pool of unemployed would act as a brake on trade-union demands which have been pushing up production costs and pricing British goods out of export markets. Laborite politicos, however, believed that in the present mood of Britons a "normal" unemployment of 1,000,000 would kill the Labor Party's hopes of winning next year's general elections...
Last year "Temi's" father, old Domingo Díaz, was elected President. Six weeks ago Harmodio Arias was picked up and charged with complicity in a plot to overthrow the present regime and install his brother, ex-President Arnulfo Arias. But President Díaz failed to return the courtesy Harmodio had shown his son. Harmodio got the small-fry cell at the Model Jail. Last week Harmodio, a sick man, was moved to the hospital. Four days later, Brother Arnulfo was arrested for his part in the plot. This time police had no more regard...
There were also new official responsibilities. Even before Elizabeth's wedding, Princess Margaret performed her first unassisted public duty, the launching of an ocean liner at Belfast. She made a pretty little speech, and when a young shipworker came to present her with a bouquet of roses, she graciously selected one and tucked it in his overall's bib. A nervous nation was relieved and pleased...
...before the girlish giggles began, they still remembered to call her "ma'am," for Margaret is the daughter of the King. No matter how seductively the moon may shine as she drives home from a party, there can be no stolen kisses; a Scotland Yard man is always present to see her indoors; often a lady-in-waiting is at the door, too. As one young Briton remarked last week, "I don't think she's much of a threat to the other girls. After all, how can you get romantic about someone when there...