Word: rift
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...McCarthy and his investigations strayed too far from their proper pastures, he would comment on them; meanwhile, he said, it would be improper to express an opinion. Only once did the President's voice show a slight edge-when he emphatically denied a rumor that there was a rift between Bob Taft and himself...
...witnessed an unfamiliar sight-a U.S.-British rift over...
...important issues. But the basic agreement between White House and Congress is more substantial than it has been for years, much more substantial than is suggested by the slim G.O.P. majorities in both houses. For the moment, at least, realistic politicians recognize talk of a White House v. Congress rift for what it is: talk...
...polo sticks, whipped out rifles and charged the Mau Mau redoubt. From the ridges above came the sweating Fusiliers; behind, the Mau Mau found their retreat cut off by tall, pig-tailed Masai spearmen, recruited by the British from the fierce nomadic tribes that roam Kenya's vast Rift Valley. A hundred Mau Mau were captured...
Crooner Frank Sinatra confessed that he and his bride Ava Gardner had had a mild rift-just something "that might happen between a man and a wife"-but there was no reason for reporters to suspect a divorce. A few days later, Frankie flew home to Hollywood, discovered that Ava and Lana Turner (see above) had taken off together for Mexico...