Word: protesters
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...three Western powers sent a stiff note of protest to General Vasily Chuikov, the Soviet commander. Best guess among allied officials on the latest Russian maneuver: East Germany badly wants to renew its trade agreement with West Germany because it needs Western goods. Pressure on Berlin, the Reds apparently believe, may force the West to make concessions in the current trade talks...
...they didn't mean it for a minute. Once more we must turn to fact over fancy; 6 out of 10 Radcliffe girls, marry Harvard men. Perhaps the Harvard attitude was no more than a cry of protest; now that cry is no more than a gasp. Harvard has almost completely succumbed to the charms of Radcliffe...
...weeks since Associated Press Reporter William Oatis was jailed by Czechoslovakia's Communist rulers on a trumped-up charge of espionage, the U.S. has contented itself with a few murmurs of protest through diplomatic channels. Last week Harry Truman got his first chance since the Oatis arrest to meet a ranking official of the Czech government face to face. Vladimir Prochazka, recently appointed Czech ambassador, arrived at the White House to present his credentials...
...China nor Red China is invited, a compromise made necessary because Britain recognizes Mao; the U.S., Chiang. Instead, Japan has been told it can conclude a separate peace with whichever China it chooses. This allows the vanquished to determine whom she regards as her victor, and brought an angry protest from the Chinese Nationalists: such a step is "incompatible with the recognized principles of international justice...
...throughout baseball's official hierarchy. Against the Detroit Tigers, Veeck led off his batting order with the strangest figure ever to wear a major-league uniform: brandishing a toy bat, a midget (3 ft. 7 in.) named Ed Gaedel stepped up to the plate. Before the Tigers could protest, Manager Taylor produced a bona fide contract, and the baffled umpire said, "Play ball." Tiger Pitcher Bob Cain, obviously afraid of hitting the batter with a fast pitch, admitted defeat by giving Gaedel an intentional walk* (Final score: Tigers 6; Browns 2.) League President Will Harridge was not so delighted...