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Word: spats (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...here and talk." But by then, stones had hit some of Nixon's aides. He withdrew. Valcarcel & Co. stampeded to the Plaza San Martin and shredded the flowers that formed the U.S. flag in the wreath. Catching up with Nixon again as he walked toward his hotel, they spat on him and threw garbage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE AMERICAS: Stones--and a Warning | 5/19/1958 | See Source »

...police watched. That same afternoon, Mr. Nixon ignored the advice of his aides and Peruvian diplomats and went on the now celebrated visit to the University of San Marcos--"I want to emphasize it was not a personal affront to me. For example, one of the demonstrators spat in my face. He was spitting on the good name of Peru...." This interpretation is certainly noble and at least partially correct...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Nixon in Peru | 5/12/1958 | See Source »

Another Allied spat, this one involving Britain and the United States, rose to the surface with a report that Britain has harnessed the awesome power of the hydrogen bomb, but that lack of U.S. approval has prevented London from making an official announcement...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: Dulles Starts Talks With Gaillard To Heal Franco-American Split; Indonesia Stops Seizure of Assets | 12/14/1957 | See Source »

...first days of independence, extremist Moslem traditionalists in Lahore and surrounding areas grabbed unveiled women, shaved their heads and spat upon them. Shocked by these indignities, a group of progressive army officers began using their own unveiled wives and daughters as decoys to catch the fanatics. Begum Khatidja G.A. Khan is Deputy Minister for Social Services in West Pakistan. Says she: "The mullahs cannot make time stand still. We must be affected by the changing world." Said a Karachi newspaperman last week. "The Pakistani male has had it-from all four wives." When in 1954 then Prime Minister Mohammed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE MOSLEM WORLD: Beyond the Veil | 11/11/1957 | See Source »

Almost all the seats in the Salle Gaveau were empty, but the atmosphere in the elegant Paris concert hall was tense. Behind the scenes, 38 nervous young men and women from a score of countries polished their bulky cellos, flexed their hands, and spat on calloused fingers. In the balcony sat 14 distinguished cellists, including France's Pierre Fournier, Britain's Sir John Barbirolli, Russia's Mstislav Rostropovich. It was the Concours International Pablo Casals 1957, organized to honor the great cellist, and it proved to be a surprisingly thrilling East-West match...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Cello Victory | 11/4/1957 | See Source »

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