Word: stepping
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Next week Churchill leaves for the ten-nation European Council at Strasbourg-the first step toward forming a European Parliament, one of Churchill's pet projects. The day he checks out of the Grand Hotel, an old parliamentary enemy, Minister of Health Aneurin Bevan, is scheduled to arrive. Bevan's party has reserved six rooms at the Grand...
...signed the instrument of ratification this week, President Harry Truman declared: "This treaty is a historic step toward a world of peace . . . but it is only one step." One hour later, he submitted the next step to Congress. He asked for $1,450,000,000 military aid to the U.S.'s friends (see INTERNATIONAL...
...neither Mussolini nor Franco, but Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the maker of modern Turkey. Damascus, until recently one of the most orthodox Moslem capitals in the Middle East, is yielding fast to modern influences. Zaim helped show the way by taking his wife to a cocktail party-a step almost unheard of in Syria. The Moslem veil for women is gradually disappearing and the men's traditional tarbush (red fez) has been going out of style ever since Zaim began appearing at official ceremonies without...
When television sales began to blur several months ago, Admiral Corp.'s President Ross Siragusa thought he had the answer. By stamping entire console cabinets out of plastic in one piece (TIME, May 16), he was able to step up output and make some handsome price cuts. Last week it looked as though Siragusa's answer was right. Admiral Corp. had a second-quarter profit of $1.6 million, 129% more than its net for the same 1948 period...
...Next step is to watch the weather and its effect on the young hoppers. The migratory species are semidesert insects that thrive best under dry conditions; a cold rain or a late frost can wipe them out. So can their natural enemies (other insects, birds, etc.)-which the Government's experts keep track...