Word: recessions
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...victory, his best friends anticipated his "fall. His enemies have nicked him mockingly, confident that they can bring him down at their pleasure. Last week Mendés' young brain-trusters, estimating that he has only a few weeks of political life after the Assembly returns from recess, talked of the impending fall as a kind of political death and resurrection leading to the breakup of the old parties and Mendés' return as the leader of a "New Left." Beating the drums loudest for the New Left is Mendés' brilliant young disciple, Journalist...
...Long Night. At midnight Mendes asked a vote on the treaty provisions which authorized German rearmament and admission to the Western European Union. The M.R.P. demanded a recess. For three hours Mendes confidently sat on the front bench scanning newspapers while the M.R.P. conferred. de Menthon argued for an outright vote against, instead of abstention. Bidault agreed...
...best in court, community prejudice and Communist tactics manage to do their worst. Politically primitive, rigged for a predictable outcome, and larded with cliches that fight for inattention, Trial must have won its own case against 885 other contestants while the jury's minds were out for a recess...
...Joseph Campbell, 54, recently Atomic Energy commissioner, became Comptroller General of the U.S., under a recess appointment pending Senate confirmation. For the post of Congress' watchdog over executive spending, Certified Public Accountant Campbell has high professional credentials. As Columbia University's assistant treasurer, he negotiated $50 million worth of wartime Government contracts (for atomic research, midshipman training, etc.). In 1949, under Columbia President Dwight Eisenhower, he was made university treasurer, and last year Ike appointed Campbell to the AEC. Campbell's confirmation as comptroller is in doubt. For eight months House and Senate Republicans have stalemated each...
Even if the Corporation decides in favor of the station, about a two-week delay is predicted. Since the program does not begin until after winter recess, however, Kalmus did not expect that this delay would hurt WHRB's chances of participation...