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Word: strikingly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...quaint old British colony was the ample corps of cheerful servants. But the black men who drive the taxis and tote the trays of rum punches had their private thoughts about the white minority that runs the island. Last week old resentments exploded into a bitter general strike. For the story of the crippling effect on a tourist economy, see HEMISPHERE. Strike for Power...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Jan. 27, 1958 | 1/27/1958 | See Source »

...with a 24-page statement, was badgered after the third sentence. At one point Missouri's Democratic Senator Stuart Symington accused Benson of "insincerity" in saying he wanted to help farmers by lowering price supports. Then Symington turned aside, dramatically intoned: "Every time, Moses, that you strike the rock you hurt my people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AGRICULTURE: Prospect: Foot-Dragging | 1/27/1958 | See Source »

...BAHAMAS Strike for Power

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE BAHAMAS: Strike for Power | 1/27/1958 | See Source »

More than 100 persons previously had been reported slain since a general strike and uprising that began Tuesday...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: Senate Sub-Committee Proposes 17 Points to Strengthen Defense; Hoffa Maintains Teamsters Post | 1/24/1958 | See Source »

...call for a general strike was issued by an underground organization calling itself the Patriotic Junta. Its appeal was aimed at forcing out perez Jimenez or at least gaining a voice in the government for the political opposition...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: Soviet Union Warns Middle East Of U.S. Plans for Nuclear Bases; Hammarskjold Defends Mediation | 1/22/1958 | See Source »

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