Word: primed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...flow to Western Europe's industry. None of these objectives would be achieved and all of these objectives would be jeopardized by a shooting war. In the tactical sense, the U.S. was ready to accept blame from the British for dragging its feet if that might give Prime Minister Anthony Eden a better chance for maneuvering in the new phases of the crisis...
...smiling goodbye from Nasser, Menzies emerged to tell newsmen: "A communique will be issued which will not tell you anything besides the fact that the discussions have ended. Copies of the documents will be issued, and you will know as much as I know." With that the Prime Minister ordered his plane, flew back to report to Sir Anthony Eden in London, where the next phase of the Suez crisis began...
Rule of East Pakistan by the Awami League, which wants Pakistan to switch to a neutralist foreign policy, carried unpleasant implications for the U.S., which considers Pakistan its most reliable ally on the Asian continent. It also posed a considerably more immediate threat to Prime Minister Mohamad Ali, 51, the lean financial expert who has led Pakistan's central government for 13 turbulent months. In the last two years Pakistani politicians have taken to switching parties with all the abandon of a woman trying on hats, and it was now almost certain that a number of East Pakistan members...
...rights of the top dog [and] no use for the foolish doctrine of equality between the active and the idle, the intelligent and the dull, the frugal and the improvident." Became Attorney General almost the day he was elected to the federal Parliament and by 1939 was Prime Minister, taking Australia into the war at Britain's side. But when the Laborites forced him out in 1941, Australians shed no tears. "The trouble with Bob Menzies," said one politician, "is that he is not clever enough to hide his cleverness." Eight long years in opposition mellowed him. Coming back...
...wife received a warm, top-drawer greeting as a platoon of Cabinet ministers, a horde of judges and a mass of minor officials swarmed at the airport under a broiling sun and presented the visitors with six bouquets of flowers and batches of garlands. It was a command performance. Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru had been shown a dispatch printed in a U.S. newspaper reporting the cool kiss-off the Warrens had gotten when they arrived...