Word: rebuff
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...thousands howled their rage outside his residence, weary Nobusuke Kishi met with his Cabinet for the second time in 24 hours. After a brief session, he emerged to announce to newsmen the decision to ask President Eisenhower to cancel his trip. Then, in a gesture that emphasized the rebuff the U.S. had suffered, Foreign Minister Aiichiro Fujiyama formally reported the decision to a dark, ruggedly handsome man who bears a name all Japan once honored. For Douglas MacArthur II, U.S. Ambassador to Tokyo and the principal architect of present-day U.S. policy toward Japan, Kishi's retreat...
...There was widespread admiration through the free world for Dwight Eisenhower's dignified rebuff of Khrushchev's wild demands, but a concern-not confined to the U.S.-that Washington's handling of the U-2 affair had been clumsy and inept...
...Nigerian Moslems, heady with a December election victory that kept their Moslem Prime Minister in power, this rebuff was evidence that the Graham crusade (actually planned long before) had been staged to help put the Christians in political control. Moslem pamphlets circulated during Graham meetings, presenting "Five Points to Remember: Jesus was not the Son of God, did not die on the Cross, was not resurrected, did not go to heaven, will not return...