Word: towards
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Franco had ten-year-old Juan Carlos, Prince of the Asturias, to lunch. The pale, quick-witted prince, son of exiled Pretender Don Juan (now in Portugal), is being educated in Spain under Franco's protection, looking toward an eventual restoration of the monarchy. Franco called the princeling "Alteza" (Highness). Don Juan, with Bourbon pride, called the Generalissimo merely "General...
Just who would do the fighting was not clear. Abdullah's move for annexation looked more like a step toward peace than a challenge to war. There was a good chance that peace, if only by bits & pieces, was returning to Palestine...
...agreeing to lend the little David as a token of "friendly feelings" toward the U.S., Italy's Fine Arts Commission broke a Mussolini-enacted law against exporting Italian art treasures. Never before has a Michelangelo statue-actually carved by Michelangelo, that is-been exhibited...
...Federal coordination from the top to aid and advise local groups, to plan better cities, and to prevent destruction of present facilities even for the purpose of improving them. No Utopia is in sight, but the 81st Congress, when it assembles on January 3, cannot long delay a start toward improving a situation in which one third of the nation lacks adequate shelter...
Relations with a Communist China will probably be difficult at first. At present, the Chinese Communists have a very unfriendly attitude toward the United States. But, said Fairbank, the propaganda, which at first was merely a series of lies denouncing the United States, has now become less bitter. This, Fairbank feels, might be an indication that the Communists will deal with this country when it becomes expedient...