Word: threatfully
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...leaders of some 50 transportation unions, whose membership runs to 3.5 million. His aim: confederation of transport workers who cover not only trucking, but also the waterfront, the air, the railroads and even the underground. Such a powerhouse group, if organized in the Hoffa manner, would be a serious threat to George Meany's A.F.L.-C.I.O., and would create a union monopoly that could conceivably pull the switch on the U.S. economy at the whim of James Riddle Hoffa...
...Massachusetts, the New Haven Railroad cheered for a bill to give a $900,000 subsidy to the line over the coming twelve months. Unless it passes, the New Haven may make good its longstanding threat to cut off passenger trains on the Old Colony Line, which would strand thousands of Boston's South Shore commuters...
...East, and defeat there would make precarious the fortunes of those Arab leaders in Iraq and Jordan who had identified themselves with the West. The question was not whether the survival of Lebanon is important; it is. The question was how best to save it from the double-headed threat of Nasserism and Communism, both working against the West, though not necessarily for common ends.* To force Lebanon into a choice of who is for Chamoun, v. who is for Nasser would be to force many who did not want to be for Nasser into choosing Arab nationalism over...
...quite ready to declare the recession extinct or the threat of a setback ended. Automobile production sagged 19% off last year's rate; industrial building was off 31%. Canadians also kept an eye on the U.S., where an economic revival is certain to give an extra push to Canadian business...
...nationwide broadcast, Jesuit Father Ulpiano López, an expert in canon law, declared: "The validity of marriage depends exclusively on the mutual consent and surrender of the two persons who give themselves to each other in love and trust." If consent is obtained by means of falsehoods or threats, the act of marriage is invalid. He cited the case of a man who was compelled to marry under threat of death. The church can declare a marriage null if it finds a condition invalidating it at its inception, concluded Father...