Word: reached
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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West Germany's Chancellor Konrad Adenauer came home a shaken man from Moscow in the fall of 1955. Under strong political pressure from his own people to reach agreement with the Kremlin, Adenauer bowed to Russia's demand for the establishment of diplomatic relations between Bonn and Moscow without waiting for German reunification. In exchange, he won release of 9,626 of the estimated 100.000 German prisoners then still held in Russia. Adenauer became chary of negotiating, even of trading, with the Soviets...
...Student Council began consideration last night of a measure which would drastically alter the present structure of the Council. Discussion last night centered on the problem of representation; the group was unable to reach a definite conclusion...
...aging (49) Glamour Boy Porfirio Rubirosa, a sometime auto racer, was caught by police with his Ferrari down, charged with speeding, making a wrong turn and driving with an ear-ruffling muffler, haled to headquarters, where he paid a $25 fine. Huffed Rubi: "I was only trying to reach the bank in a hurry...
...changes most principals mentioned: stiffening of math and science courses, special programs for gifted students. Some of the schoolmen are scrambling hard to reach a now fashionable orbit: "We are going to employ a more competent science instructor...
...took over the old Pabst Corp. in 1932 in anticipation of Prohibition's demise. He became president of the new Premier-Pabst Corp., and Fred Pabst, son of the founder, later became chairman. Perlstein led the company through its period of greatest growth and profitmaking, saw it reach its biggest year in 1949 with a sales peak of $168,994,000. But Perlstein soon found himself hurt by his own success. Hit hard by the steadily flattening beer market, Pabst sales slid steadily. To make matters worse, Perlstein drew the wrath of the Pabst family for opposing their attempts...