Word: strikingly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...even stronger ally. For the first time, public opinion spoke out, revealing unexpectedly heavy support for Castillo Armas. Outraged by the brutal treatment of the Liberation forces, huge crowds marched to the palace to shout: "Down with the army! Death to the treacherous cadets!" University students went on strike. Market women milled about the military academy, shaking their fists at the cadets...
...packing up his books and belongings to return to the Far East. He not only has an important new post to fill but a mission to perform. As the first chancellor of Singapore's new Nanyang (South Seas) University, he will be in a position to strike a blow at Red China's campaign for the minds of Asia's non-Communist students...
AMERICAN AIRLINES, grounded by the strike of its 1,200 pilots (TIME, Aug. 9), struck back with a $1,250,000 damage suit against the Air Line Pilots Association, A.F.L. Strike may spread to United, but Trans World Airlines sidestepped the battle. It ordered its nonstop transcontinental flights to put down in Chicago to refuel and change pilots, thus avoid the cause of the walkout: exceeding an eight-hour limit on flying time for flight crews...
...eight years later, his words still guide the policy of his heirs. For six weeks this summer, representatives of the U.S., Britain, France and Canada met privately in London with representatives of Russia, headed by Jacob Malik of veto fame. The hope was that, freed of the necessity to strike postures in public, they might find some solution to the problem that besets all mankind: fear of H-bomb destruction...
After weeks of fruitless negotiation, 1,200 American pilots belonging to the A.F.L. Air Line Pilots Association went out on strike to protect the long-standing eight-hour rule. The well-paid airmen ($19,000 a year for a first pilot) claimed that the extra flying time was a threat to passenger safety. While its planes were grounded, American scrambled to find space on other airlines and trains for the 20,300 passengers it normally flies daily between 90 terminals on 385 flights. In Manhattan, American President C. R. Smith said that the strike was a clear breach of contract...