Word: sterne
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Stern Duty. The points at issue, if any, between John Costello's Fine Gael and Dev's own party were largely sentimental ones dating back to the days of the Civil War, when Dev and the Men of Destiny held out for total independence while Fine Gael was willing to settle for mere home rule under Britain. In order to govern at all, Lawyer Costello (accent on the first syllable) will have to join a coalition with the Labor Party, which favors even more government spending than...
...Irishmen believed that such a shaky coalition could long endure, yet Dev's stern refusal to ease their lot by deficit spending or careless borrowing made them blind to any other risk. "We knew we would be unpopular for increasing taxation and removing [food] subsidies," said Dev, "but we either had to do our duty or not, and we did our duty...
Back in Manila I informed President Magsaysay of the possibility of bringing Taruc back alive. The President referred me to the stern peace terms he had just offered the Huks...
After a short, stern sermon on work as Mexico's only salvation. Ruiz Cortines proclaimed a 30-point program of action for dealing with the economic consequences of devaluation. Items: ¶250,000 federal employees will get a 10% pay raise June 1. ¶Private employers should follow suit, absorbing the raises. ¶ Farm support prices on corn, beans, wheat and rice will also be raised 10%. ¶The record $400 million public-works program will be speeded up. ¶Export industries will get government credit and tax rebates, and the 25% export tax imposed at the time...
...stern of the boat, which usually represents the major power in a shell, has been cleared of big men in favor of smaller men with more perfect form...