Word: return
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Clearly this meant trying to revive the corpse of the Potsdam agreement. U.S. Secretary of State Acheson called it "turning the clock back." French Foreign Minister Schuman said it would mean "returning to the point where our paths diverged . . . whereas what we are trying to do is find a point where our paths can converge again." Vishinsky retorted: "Until the peace treaty, Allied control of Germany must be as inevitable as the sun. You cannot prevent the sun from rising." Countered Schuman: "No, but you cannot return to the dawn once the sun has risen...
...would bring more benefits to the West (in raw materials, less U.S. aid, loosening of the Russian hold on satellite nations, etc.) than to the East. Others held that a restoration of trade would not pay off unless it was accompanied by an eastward advance of Western ideology. In return for economic benefits Eastern Europe must grant democratic political reforms...
...socked him. Other Turks tried to beat up Italian players. Still mad, they wrecked their Athens hotel before leaving for Turkey, where the whole Turkish nation got into the fight. The Turkish ambassador called on the Greek foreign minister to protest. There were street demonstrations in Istanbul demanding the return of Cyprus, the Dodecanese and Dedeagach...
...hardly fair to blame the failure on the plan itself. The NSA's idea--to persuade selected stores to grant discounts to student card-holders in return for the resulting increase in trade--is an ingenious answer to the high cost of learning. It was tried out last year at the University of Buffalo with some success, and has been instituted in 17 other areas all over the country. What with the new tuition hike and the financial pressures of living under the G.I. bill, any good plan for saving deserves a fair tryout...
These two remarks, I think, sum up the film very nicely. Fred Astaire said a couple of years ago that he was through with pictures; his return to the screen with his old sparring partner Ginger Rogers is an unexpected treat. Astaire must have secretly kept in training because in his new film he doesn't look the least bit old or bored or rusty. If anything, the vacation has done him good...