Word: somberly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Among his early and most promising recruits was a somber, mustached man named Alcide de Gasperi. Of pure Italian blood, De Gasperi had been an Italian citizen only since the end of World...
Lamented De Gaulle, in somber prose: "The nation, lacking leadership, falls back into its old divisions. These lower and paralyze it. Apart from the Communists, who stand separate from France, the Left still retains some inclination towards progress, but it only contemplates that the state should be weak and inconsistent...
During most of his press conference last week, Dwight Eisenhower had the somber, preoccupied look of a very busy man straining hard to keep his mind off the piled-up papers and problems waiting for him back at the office. But toward the end of the 34-minute session, a question about defense policy sparked the President into a strong-voiced exposition of his thinking. Asked a reporter: Does the decision to stretch out NATO's defense build-up "represent a change in policy from the time that you were in command of NATO forces?" Replied the President, thumping...
Considering the somber economic picture before him, these were brave words from the President. Though tin has been nationalized, the tin companies have not been compensated. Until U.S. shareholders are satisfactorily reimbursed, the U.S. is unwilling to sign a long-term contract for tin. The Bolivian economy, lopsidedly dependent on tin income, is near collapse. Unable to get permits to import raw materials, the textile industry has sharply curtailed production. Foodstuffs, normally imported, including wheat, meat, rice and sugar, are in critically short supply. Teachers are pressing for cost-of-living pay increases. The government has had to print more...
...until 8 o'clock Wednesday morning (shortly after midnight in New York) did the news burst upon the world. Radio Moscow sounded the Kremlin chimes set the stage with an interlude of somber music, and then a voice spoke slow, methodical Russian...