Word: regains
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...result Leopold felt compelled nine years ago to abdicate in his son's favor. Neither father, son, nor subjects have felt entirely easy about their relationships ever since. Now Belgians hope that their court, instead of being the focus of dissension and dispute, may regain its position as the symbol of a united national family...
Seeking to divert attention from this humiliation. Nkrumah fired off a note to U.N. Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold charging the U.S., Britain and France with supporting a Belgian effort to regain control of the Congo. Then he advised the U.N. haughtily that he had proposed to nine other African nations* the formation of an independent African military command to handle such difficult assignments in the future. Since he had not invited such unsympathetic nations as Nigeria (most populous country in Africa) or those of the French Community (except for Mali), he avoided the risk of a mass rejection; but even...
...whose recruiters in Brussels are busy lining up as many as possible of the 10,000 Belgian technicians who planned to stay in the Congo before last summer's army mutiny. In New York, top U.N. officials have coldly charged that all this represents a Belgian attempt to regain power in the Congo-an accusation to which Belgian Foreign Minister Pierre Wigny hotly replied last week with the implicit threat of a Belgian walkout from the U.N. But many a rank-and-file U.N. worker in the Congo is glad enough to see the Belgians return. "Why shouldn...
...shadow of the cheekbone." His success is twofold. In the first place a child of three takes an incomprehensible fancy to him and for a few glorious minutes they play. Then the old boy experiences an even greater triumph: he is able to rise from the bench, regain his feet and totter on. "He had done it again...
...been more clearly stated. From the conventions to the so-called Great Debates, the 1960 campaign had been televised, teleguided, teleprompted and telethoned as no other had been before; now the networks were out to cover the election with facts, and themselves with glory. CBS, specifically, was straining to regain the prestige it lost when NBC won a clear victory at the July conventions. It made a strong comeback. In fierce all-night competition, both top networks did superbly. ABC, with less manpower, moved along adequately, but could not hope to compete with the other two. To most viewers, however...