Word: ruling
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...exception to the U.S. rule: the U.S. will return to Japan the Amami Oshima group of the Ryukyus, five main islands with a population of 200,000, and the first bit of war-lost territory that Japan has regained...
...come to me," said the governor, "of the presence of gangsters and hoodlums in the vicinity of polling places." Whatever the Labor Board's decision, it was clear that a substantial number of New York's longshoremen had served notice that they were extremely tired of pistol rule...
...apparatus had to be eliminated and loyal Malenkov men substituted as chiefs of the secret police. Whether the new regime had to call in the army to assist in the purge is still not clear, but one fact is: never before in the 36 years of Communist rule until the arrest of Beria, had the Kremlin found it necessary to announce that the leaders of the armed forces supported the authorities in the measures taken...
...height of largesse time, Illinois' Senator Paul Douglas suggested a rule for politicos to follow in deciding whether to accept Christmas gifts from lobbyists and such. His advice: "It is suicide for elected officials to reject all gifts. People would think you were weaned on a pickle and lack the human juices . . . When gifts arrive, if they appear to be worth more than $2.50, they are sent back ... I don't think there is much chance of a Senator being corrupted...
...Woodrow Wilson, reporters have been hampered by some form of restriction preventing them from quoting the President directly. There was good reason for the precaution. It helped protect the President from slips of the tongue that might later embarrass him or the U.S. During the Roosevelt Administration, a standard rule was put into effect that was followed for more than 20 years: newsmen may paraphrase what the President says, but may not quote him directly. Last week the rule was changed. Press Secretary James C. Hagerty announced that all of last week's conference (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS) could...