Word: steps
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...victories, the happiest belonged to Patrick Gordon Walker, whom Wilson had appointed Foreign Secretary in his first Cabinet. But Gordon Walker lost in 1964 in a campaign marred by racism in the Midland town of Smethwick, then lost a "safe" by-election at Leyton last year and had to step down. This time Gordon Walker won Leyton handily, will probably be rewarded with a Cabinet post-perhaps as the minister to explore the possibilities of Britain's entry into the Common Market...
Finally, the military decided that things had indeed gone too far. Fearing a split within the armed forces, the junta agreed to step down, and the military high command-led by General Telmo Vargas, chief of the general staff -invited politicians to designate a provisional president. They chose Clemente Yerovi Indaburu, 61, a respected economist, banker and businessman who promised "congressional and presidential elections as soon as possible...
Last week, by a decisive 281-to-91 vote in the House, Congress approved a bill previously passed by the Senate that takes a major step in the direction of uniform nationwide D.S.T. Effective this year, the bill requires that D.S.T. commence on the last Sunday in April and end on the last Sunday in October for all states and communities that choose to observe it. Next year, under the bill's provisions, all states will have to observe uniform D.S.T. statewide unless their legislatures opt for uniform standard time for the entire state. But as early risers know...
...wonder worker who explained the world's mysteries and seemed to have somewhat more interest in punishing men than rewarding them. Life was a vale of tears, said the church; men were urged to shun the pleasure of life if they would serve God, and to avoid any false step or suffer everlasting punishment in hell. It did little to establish the credibility of this "God" that medieval theologians categorized his qualities as confidently as they spelled out different kinds of sin, and that churchmen spoke about him as if they had just finished having lunch with...
...Tourists? Washington feels that the big drains caused by corporate investment and bank lending abroad have been substantially plugged by Government-imposed "voluntary" restraint. Last week the Federal Reserve reported that U.S. banks cut their outstanding foreign loans by $385 million during January and February. Though industry plans to step up its in vestment in foreign plant and equipment by 24% to a record $8.8 billion this year, much will come from dollars borrowed abroad. What else can the Administration do to curb the deficit? Says Treasury Under Secretary Joseph Barr: "The possible courses of action clearly point...