Word: standings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Senate committee with surprisingly light nicks. And opposition to the reciprocal trade bill, scheduled for debate in the House this week, eased up. If Congressional outcries against Agriculture Secretary Ezra Taft Benson died away, and the President's veto of the Democratic farm bill was almost sure to stand...
...Joint Congressional Committee on Atomic Energy next year, and Strauss believes their feud would be detrimental to the AEC program. The President wants Strauss to stay on; Strauss has countered by trying to find a successor who is reasonably free of Washington entanglements, reasonably tough enough to stand the heat...
...failure of the present parliamentary system, under which no strong legislation can win a majority because the Assembly is fragmented into numerous antagonistic political factions and is recurrently hamstrung by the obstructive tactics of 142 Communists. General de Gaulle, moreover, is probably one of the few leaders who would stand a chance of getting such a reform bill passed, because his support cuts widely across party lines, due to the myth of national military leadership that surrounds his name...
...Latino press, Nixon's stand for revision was enough to transform him into a hemisphere hero. Said Caracas' El National: "Nixon [did] not lose sight of the vast problems of Latin America, which have nothing to do with Communism, and Nixon has moved a large section of North American opinion." Said the Mexico City weekly Siempre: "We stand with Mr. Nixon...
...finished in July 1961; the Theater of the Dance by July 1963. Says Center President Rockefeller: "It is proper that Lincoln Center should represent the best of American architecture, for we are building not for today or tomorrow, but for 100 years. We hope Lincoln Center will stand, in the eyes of the world, as a symbol of our national regard for the arts, and our recognition of their importance in the lives of the American people...