Word: shaking
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...uprising that launched the rebellion, Ouamrane has a reputation for savage ferocity, is currently coordinating military activities on the increasingly important "Sahara front," where last week rebels attacked a party of French oil prospectors and killed 24. "Remember," said one FLN leader, "that even a minor Saharan incident will shake French and foreign-oil interests abroad." Ouamrane's chief of staff is bespectacled Belkacem Krim, 35, a ruthless, fearless former French army NCO who has been sentenced to death four times. Under him are Abdellah ben Tobbal, a 34-year-old ex-miller who is known as "The Chinaman...
...Morocco's women recognized these words for what they were-a call to shake off an age-old bondage fastened on them in the name of Mohammed and perpetuated by generations of mullahs (teachers). Taking courage from this display of feminist leadership and example from the royal family itself, thousands of women all over the country forthwith cast aside their veils and began talking briskly of emancipation...
...Shake-Out. Uranium miners were not the only ones in trouble last week. The problems of developing atomic power are so great that the manufacturers of reactors now face the same kind of industry-wide shake-out that uranium miners are going through. Many small manufacturers are cutting back their plans for breaking into the reactor business. Bell Aircraft Corp. recently laid off 29 of its 30 atomic engineers. Like several other companies, it has decided to make reactor components instead of whole reactors. Even some of the giants are beginning to take a critical second look...
...Outer-Space Raspberry." If the Administration's actions and reactions were an opportunity for Democrats, they were also a source of deep concern ito many Republicans and other Administration friends. Said Vermont's Senator Ralph Flanders, a member of the Armed Services Committee: "Let the Administration shake off its complacency and act." Kentucky's Senator John Sherman Cooper called upon the Administration to face ihe "harsh reality'' of Soviet progress: "If there have been faults in the organization of our missile program (see box opposite), or if arbitrary spending limits have been imposed...
...House of Commons settled down to its first full day's work, Diefenbaker strolled across the Chamber to shake hands with his old adversary, Liberal St. Laurent. Then moving a few paces farther, he offered a warm handshake to Lester Bowles Pearson, Secretary of State for External Affairs in the old Liberal government and now an ordinary M.P. Reason: word had just reached Ottawa that the Nobel Committee of the Norwegian Parliament had awarded "Mike" Pearson its Peace Prize−the first ever to go to a Canadian...