Word: resorters
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...taking a stand for justice and law amid the tangle of a baffling and dangerous double crisis. On the one hand, Israel, France and Great Britain joined in an attack on Egypt (see FOREIGN NEWS), thereby creating a yawning breach in the Western alliance as the U.S. deplored the resort to force. On the other hand, the Russians were raging through Hungary, grinding down the anti-Communist freedom fighters, even gesturing menacingly in the direction of Hungary's neutral neighbor, Austria...
...area threatened to prevail over peaceful purpose. The direct relations of Egypt with both Israel and France kept worsening to a point at which first Israel, then France, and Great Britain also, determined that in their judgment there could be no protection of their vital interests without resort to force. The U.S. was not consulted in any way. Nor were we informed in advance...
...Britain and of France. We know that they have been subjected to grave and repeated provocations. The present fact nonetheless seems clear: the actions taken can scarcely be reconciled with the principles and purposes of the United Nations. And beyond this, we are forced to doubt even if resort to war will for long serve the permanent interests of the attacking nations...
...stop: population of the town (broken down by ethnic groups), its prides and its problems, its political complexion, the situation in the congressional races, the people who should be mentioned in his speech. Said one staff report as the plane droned over Texas: "San Antonio is a popular winter resort and a haven for many elderly people who have retired there. This, perhaps, explains the Republican vote in presidential years...
Spring was on the march in Uruguay, rainbowing roadsides and vacant lots with vivid wild flowers. Cafe owners set out sidewalk tables. At coastal resort hotels, workmen began taking down shutters and painting woodwork in preparation for summer throngs, perennial in a leisure-minded, seashore-loving country that celebrates a national holiday (Dec. 8) called the Day of the Beaches...