Word: stillness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Dictator Franco. Even now not all Frenchmen would appreciate Franco's testimonial that De Gaulle's return to power "shows to what extent that country which gave birth to the democratic system of government abominates it and rejects it." On their side of the Pyrenees, the Spanish still nurse resentments from the Napoleonic invasion...
...Gaitskell could count on the support of the conservative trade unions, though he knows that union domination of the party is one of the things that repels many voters. The unions, no longer underdogs, no longer able to count on public sympathy for slowdowns, strikes and restrictive practices, are still the most powerful vested interest in the party. They provide 75% of its funds, control 17 of 28 seats in the National Executive Committee, elect 93 of Labor's 258 M.P.s, and cast blocks of a million or more votes at party conferences. And Gaitskell also appealed...
...said. "I have a good character. Angela will be happy with me." Sadly, Angela's relatives reported: "She isn't interested. She doesn't like you." But Francesco wore the blinders of true love. Meeting Angela on the street, he would say imploringly, "I'm still waiting for an answer. When will you marry me?" At first, she ignored him; then she snapped: "Stupid! Imbecile!" To her friends she said: "I admit he's a good catch for some girl, but why does he pick on me? He's not my type...
Reviving the old Hashemite dream of a "Fertile Crescent" extending from the Mediterranean to the Persian Gulf, he trumpeted that neighboring Syria is "inseparable from the Iraqi people." and that Jordan "is still tied to the chariot of imperialism and when she wishes to recover her freedom we will be ready to help her." Turning to Nasser, he poked at a tender spot: the Nasser-nurtured myth that Egyptians actually won a stunning victory in the Suez and Sinai fighting in 1956. He sneered at "the weak Egyptian army command" that could prevent "the Jews from capturing no fewer than...
...high time. Things have been standing still in Iraq, in uneasy tension between the Communists and the conservatives. Though oil flowing to Western markets still brings Iraq royalties at the rate of $230 million a year, Kassem's 16-month-old revolution has done little to better the Iraqis' lot. Farmers, unsure whether the government will go through with land reform, have cut back on their planting. Eggs have tripled in price, rice costs 50% more, and wheat has become so scarce that authorities had to import 45,000 tons from Turkey two months ago to meet...