Word: sat
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Cracked the chauffeur: "You know the Russian proverb: 'Rain on Saturday, laughter the following Friday.' " But the following Friday, as 73-year-old Premier Hatoyama sat down with Russia's Premier Bulganin to sign an agreement to "end the state of war" between Japan and the Soviet Union, only the Russians were laughing...
...sat down. Somebody remarked that there are 250,000 plankton in a teaspoonful of sea water, I eyed my glass. There is no trust in the world, I thought, and somebody asked how large, really, is a portuguese man o'war? "You must be using a magnifying glass on your lens...
...evening last week the men of the Jordan border town of Kalkilya sat in cafes sipping coffee and playing backgammon. From Israel 400 yards to the west came the clatter of heavy vehicles and the flicker of headlights. A column of trucks lurched past the loungers. "Don't worry," an officer called out. "You won't get hurt. We're after the army." A moment later the street shook as the Israelis opened their attack on the big police fort on the other side of town. It was another Israeli reprisal raid, the fourth in a month...
...good opinion of the West; Dr. Fry seized his chance. He opened direct negotiations with the Hungarian government. Together with World Council Secretary W. A. Visser 't Hooft and Lutheran Bishop Hanns Lilje of Hannover, Dr. Fry made many a hurried trip between Galyatetö and Budapest and sat through many a tough-talking session before the Communists gave Dr. Fry assurance that Bishop Ordass would soon be completely exonerated. In addition to rehabilitation by the state, the Hungarian Lutheran Church has also revoked its deposition...
Perry Como Show (Sat. 8 p.m., NBC). With Pearl Bailey...