Word: pulls
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...workers who cover not only trucking, but also the waterfront, the air, the railroads and even the underground. Such a powerhouse group, if organized in the Hoffa manner, would be a serious threat to George Meany's A.F.L.-C.I.O., and would create a union monopoly that could conceivably pull the switch on the U.S. economy at the whim of James Riddle Hoffa...
Kudos to TIME for its scoop interview with Bernard Goldfine and the meaty story on Sherman Adams. It is obvious that the Eisenhower Administration never again will be able to pull the vicuña over the people's eyes about its moral rectitude...
...million European power grid that will generate a million kilowatts of power. Since Europe needs cheap nuclear power more than the hydroelectric rich U.S., Ike believes the U.S. can use Euratom experience to study problems of nuclear-power development, will benefit even more because Euratom will inevitably pull European nations toward a healthy European unity...
...vows because his parents, who own a tailor shop, see the church as the safest answer to the question of his future and a step up the social ladder for themselves. Though he lacks dedication, Philip is not without conscience. But his earthy hungers are stronger than any spiritual pull. He starts to drink, winds up with a mistress, and is finally crushed by the tragic results of his best-meant advice to a parishioner. The moral: be yourself...
...President added that he was all for U.S. economic aid to U.S.S.R. satellites in order to set up "centrifugal as opposed to centripetal forces" and to "awaken new interest in these countries to pull away from Moscow." Both House and Senate unanimously condemned Soviet "barbarism and perfidy" in the Hungarian executions and called on free parliaments everywhere to join in denouncing them...