Word: round
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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From Warm to Cold. Murphy's fire-fighting talents come from the diplomatic professionalism that has made him senior careerman of all the 12,585 State Department and Foreign Service professionals spread round the world in 77 embassies, three legations, 199 consulates and other outposts. Murphy knows the diplomatic rule book as well as anyone alive-and his professionalism tells him the proper time to throw it away. He can be a charming, top-hatted and white-gloved diplomat-or a deadly antagonist. Says an admiring British Commonwealth diplomat: "He is a joy to behold in action. I have...
...Cairo, fountain of most of this hate, Egyptian officials hotly complained that half a dozen secret radio stations now "attack President Nasser personally in round-the-clock propaganda assaults.'' Pressed for a sample broadcast from the clandestine stations (located, say the Egyptians, on the French Riviera, in Jordan, Lebanon, British Aden, Cyprus and Kenya), the officials produced the following: "Nasser is a criminal who forcibly became the leader of his country. Nasser's gangs are never successful except in destruction, ruin and bankruptcy. Dear, sweet Jimmy Boy Nasser, a curse be upon you, a plague be upon...
...form the bank will take will be hammered out around conference tables, probably at the get-together this fall of the "Committee of 21'' suggested by Kubitschek last week in a round-robin note to all the Hemisphere nations. Said Roy Rubottom. Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs: "The need is urgent, the desire is widespread, and we'll go ahead on a rapid schedule...
...housewives from the marketplace and sometimes quietly stole vegetables from their baskets. At newsstands they even snagged and ate the latest edition of the daily Cordoba. As the pack prospered and multiplied on such fare, fines were imposed on loose burros and a squad of "burreros" was formed to round them up. The owners just waited and eventually bought back their animals at city auction for purely nominal prices. Public opinion would not stand for destroying the strays...
Ford will have new bumpers and fenders, more pronounced fins, round instead of oval tail lights. The grille is new to avoid last year's cheese-grater effect. The new Ford look: "quiet refinement...