Word: submitted
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Dille wanted Yager to plan his adventures well ahead, submit proofs in advance, stick to "scientific probability," and cut out flighty nonsense, e.g., mist-men who appear and disappear at will. "We argued and talked about it," said Dille, "and, believe me, there are times when a syndicate president would like to put an artist into orbit...
Designed to dent the labor-union corruption and thug rule exposed by Arkansas' John McClellan's labor-management racketeering committee, the Kennedy-Ives bill required unions to 1) hold periodic secret-ballot elections, and 2 ) submit to the Labor Department full reports on their financial and other dealings. Tough-minded John McClellan himself endorsed the bill as a ''first step" that would "give important protection to the rights of workers, of management and the public...
...give Greek and Turkish governments a sense of participation-and of responsibility-in Cypriot affairs, Athens and Ankara would each send to Cyprus one representative who could take part in the Central Council's meetings, raise questions with the governor and submit disputes to an "independent tribunal." ¶ Britain would remain responsible for the island's defense and its internal security for at least the next seven years...
...Gaulle came early in the week when the National Assembly, in a characteristic bit of legislative haggling, attempted to tie the general's hands by proposing that if he wanted to change the French constitution, he would have to have Assembly approval before his plan could be submitted to popular referendum. The manner in which De Gaulle beat off this threat-he rushed over to the Assembly and threatened to resign on the spot-was out of his old bag of tricks. He got his powers at 12:30 a.m., and by a 350 to 163 vote. Since this...
...stricken search for shelter. In the capital city of Colombo (pop. 424,816), dozens died and hundreds were injured when police and mobs battled through Lipton's Circus, a tree-shaded plaza where seven roads meet. Trains were derailed, buses overturned and burned; terrified passers-by had to submit to a language test at the hands of mobsters and if they failed, were beaten unconscious...