Word: roundness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...called to allow the President to settle a disagreement that had broken-out in his official family over U.S. disarmament policy, and thus to crystallize a set of firm U.S. positions which Harold Stassen could take with him-in written form -when he flew back to London for another round of disarmament talks...
...hammer throw, Pete Harpel took first place in the qualifying round with a toss of 176 feet, 2 1/2 inches. John DuMoulin did not place among the top six qualifiers...
Captain Dick Wharton qualified in the quarter mile, winning his heat in 49 seconds flat. Carl Pescosolido edged into the finals in the javelin as he tied for sixth place in the qualifying round with a toss of 136 feet 5 1/2 inches...
HUERA representatives cite the satisfactory settlements reached in the past as evidence of the effectiveness of their elected negotiators. They claim to have followed a reasonable and responsible course, and have been able to avoid recourse to state arbitration. "We go round and round until we come to an agreement, but we've never had to call in outside help," John L. Standring, treasurer of the HUERA, says. "But we reserve the right to challenge the bosses," he adds...
...identifying with the working classes, it is a "mug's game." Nor do Amis and Co. propose to rally round their presumed benefactors, the Socialists, for whose triumph their predecessors fought so hard: "The Welfare State, indeed, is notoriously unpopular with intellectuals. It was all very well to press for higher working-class wages in the old days, but now-why, some of them are actually better off than we are ourselves...