Word: rest
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...such places as Argentina, Indonesia, Iraq, etc., the armies are just holding their own against the subversive forces of Communism, and should the hypothetical case of complete disarmament become a reality, Western countries such as France, Italy and Finland could fall without a shot being fired, and the rest of the world-according to Lenin-would follow suit as docile stock being led to the slaughterhouse...
...quite defeated even after eight days at the La Quinta, Calif, desert home of his friend George Allen, the President of the U.S. clearly hated to leave. Invited back to California by Democratic Governor Edmund G. ("Pat") Brown, Dwight Eisenhower thought of the duties that face him for the rest of his term of office, said almost wistfully: "Maybe I will, after 15 months." But Ike had to get back to Washington. There was plenty...
...collective bargaining, even though every appropriate Government service was available to them in support of their efforts." The President pointed out that 500,000 steelworkers and 200,000 workers in allied industries were out of work, and steel shortages would soon cause a fast spread of layoffs in the rest of the economy (see BUSINESS). He did not mention another ominous fact, reported to him by the Pentagon: shortages of special steel had begun to slow down construction work on submarines and missile bases...
...West, Harold Macmillan's smashing victory in Britain's general election (see cover) cleared the way for serious summit planning. Until the British election results were in, Washington had seen no point to making any summit decisions; a Labor victory would have confronted the rest of the Western alliance with a British government that needed time to learn the ropes and that might well have proposed summit schemes even flashier than Macmillan's. Now, assured of a familiar quantity in London, Western foreign offices could settle down to working out a unified position for the great confrontation...
Although Bill McCurdy-coached varsities have not in the past made a habit of losing, there had been some doubt before yesterday's race that the tradition would hold. The rest of the season looks brighter now, and even the Heptagonals may not be a totally unpleasant experience...