Word: settlements
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Undercover History. Phil Jessup's latest excursion into public life was certain to enter him in his colleagues' history books. Hardly had he settled down in his small paneled office in the State Department before he was making undercover trips to Manhattan to work out the settlement of the Berlin blockade with Russia's Yakov Malik. In the pale-pink glow of hopefulness that followed, he served Acheson as alternate chief of delegation at the Paris four-power conference, proved to himself once again that the Russians had altered their basic strategy not one whit...
Jordan and Israel pledged protection and access for all worshipers to Jerusalem's religious shrines. There was even a chance that Jordan and Israel, united in opposing internationalization of the Holy City, might reach an overall peace settlement. "We will shed our blood for Jerusalem," warned a Jordan spokesman. "Let the U.N. take heed." Pointedly, Abdullah was spending each Friday, the Moslem Sabbath, in the Old City. "The U.N.," he said during last week's visit, "does not seem to know the reality of the situation, We oppose the [internationalization] resolution because it is impracticable...
Skinner, in his opening remarks, called scientific "Utopias" not only desirable but practical. He cited successful experiments in Palestine, Paraguay, and a proposed settlement in British Columbia as examples...
...that, Pegler exploded into print with a far different version of the 1946 settlement. It was Pearson, he sneeringly charged, who had "begged and pleaded" to be permitted to withdraw his (first) suit without trial. To show that he had not given up one bit of his overworked function of calling names, Pegler printed his own "amended answer" to Pearson's complaint in his second suit. Wrote Pegler: "[Pearson] is a habitual, incorrigible, professional liar, as distinguished from an occasional or accidental liar ... Plaintiff is a liar, faker and blackguard from...
...tutoring program has been highly praised by the settlement houses as well as by the parents of the youngsters. George Skelly, Director of the Cambridge Community Center, said that "this is the first year we've had the tutors and the plan has far exceeded any expectations ... the tutors here have certainly done a lot to build good will between Harvard and this community...