Word: protestations
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Hurriedly, the State Department put out an official apology. Wilson Flake, U.S. Ambassador to Ghana, forestalled an official protest to Washington from the Ghana government by making a public statement that this was "an exceptional and isolated incident." President Eisenhower invited Gbedemah to breakfast with him and Vice President Nixon at the White House, put on an Eisenhower tour of the historic White House first floor, explained frankly that "little bits like that happen all over the place and you never know when they'll blow up or where...
...Richardson affair seemed to poison the whole atmosphere of the campus. Lecturer-Author Walter Van Tilburg Clark (The Ox-Bow Incident) resigned in protest; other scholars charged Stout with everything from "favoritism" to "inhuman and capricious treatment," and last spring the American Association of University Professors censured the administration for violation of academic freedom and tenure. By that time, the Nevada legislature had gone out after Stout...
...manage the kitchens protest first that the food is not bad, but actually quite good and nutritious; and then, under further questioning, admit that their budget is rather prohibitive. The Central Kitchen, adequately equipped and staffed, could produce consistently agreeable food if they could afford better raw materials; but an average revenue of 78 cents per meal forces the Kitchen to sacrifice quality in an effort to keep enough food flowing to the dining halls...
...trial lasted just one day. The verdict of guilty was returned the following morning, and Milovan Djilas was sentenced to seven more years at hard labor. After the verdict was read, Djilas rose and started to protest not the verdict or the sentence, but the court's attempt to make it appear that he had had an open trial. He was not permitted to finish. Two guards hustled him out of the courtroom and back to prison...
Tears & Dirndls. Howls of protest rose in the hall. Red and angry he stood his ground, his eyes darting blue sparks. When the hubbub quieted, he spoke slowly. "If war were to break out between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.," he said with heavy emphasis, "this country would be poisoned together with the rest of mankind. I want an opportunity of influencing the policies of these countries. If a Socialist Foreign Secretary is to have a chance, he must not be disarmed diplomatically and intellectually." Bevan seemed utterly frank. He said he had heard rumors that he was taking this...