Word: takeing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Indians on the continent ever to hold high political office is Sir Amar Nath Maini, Uganda's Minister of Corporations and Regional Communications. Says he: "I know perfectly well that to take office under the British administration means to take the political kiss of death. But what's the alternative? Integration? This 'We-demand-no-special-rights, we-just-want-to-be-brown-Africans' attitude won't get us anywhere. The Syrians tried it in Ghana, and now they are being squeezed dry and flung out. We can come to terms with the African...
...Foreign Relations Committee room next morning, Castro talked to 18 Congressmen. Relaxed, amiable and assured, Castro declared: "The July 26 movement is not a Communist movement. Its members are Roman Catholics, mostly." On U.S. investment, he said: "We have no intention of expropriating U.S. property, and any property we take we'll pay for." The Congressmen were charmed-but one of them, Florida's Democratic Senator George Smathers, got up on the Senate floor that afternoon to say: "Castro hasn't yet learned that you can't play ball with the Communists, for he has them...
...Leafs' late blooming was enough to make Torontonians take a respectful second look at the power of positive thinking. Power of any kind was what the dormant, doormat Leafs conspicuously lacked when George ("Punch") Imlach, 42, took over as general manager at midseason. A former minor-league coach and player, Imlach installed himself as coach, exuded a sunshiny, nonstop optimism, never stopped insisting that the Leafs' only trouble was that everyone (including the players) thought they were...
...message, streaked to five big wins, the mesmerized Rangers collapsed. In the N.H.L.'s tensest finale in years, the Leafs were trailing Detroit 2-0 when they heard over the public-address system that the Rangers had lost their final game in New York; they roared back to take the game, and with it the Rangers' play-off berth. In their cup semifinal against Boston, the Leafs spotted the Bruins a two-game lead, came back to win four games to three. Boston's Manager Lynn Patrick was more impressed by Coach Imlach than by the Leafs...
...Brien himself hustling down from the stands. He rushed to the dressing room, put on a track suit, and registered 63 ft. 6¾in. Said O'Brien: "I just hope I can fight him off for another year or two, but it's going to take some doing." Just a month later, in Santa Barbara, Long officially matched O'Brien's world mark...