Word: transfers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Before making his long-contemplated announcement, Dewey, in the orderly, precise manner that characterized his public career, had arranged for the transfer of his power as the leader of New York Republicanism. His chosen heir: Senator Irving M. Ives (see below...
...cleansed but still restless Guatemala, pistol-packing U.S. Ambassador John Peurifoy created a little too much drama for a comfortable longer stay, or for a transfer to another Latin American country. Peurifoy, who was a sensationally successful Ambassador to Greece before his sensational success in Guatemala, is now slated for the embassy post in Thailand, another trouble spot...
Hoover Jr., found a happy solution. Last week's pact in effect recognizes the transfer of full title of the British-built billiondollar industry to the Iranian government, at a cost to Iran that is a fraction of its real value. This should mollify Iranian nationalists. For giant Abadan, the world's largest refinery, and its huge network of affiliated production facilities, the Iranians will pay Anglo-Iranian a mere $70 million in compensation...
...problem is to get away with it. Even if he gets a safe-conduct out of the country, the new government, under the rules of asylum, could search his baggage and seize any boodle. But a diplomatic cut of the loot to the right hands might still arrange a transfer of funds and let Inside Operator Arbenz head for the outside happily heeled...
...loser in the deal, Coach Waldorf, took the blow philosophically, even left a candle in the window in the event Ronnie Knox changed his mind again."Sure we'd take Ronnie back," said Pappy. "But let's transfer the old man to U.C.L.A...