Word: truceful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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When World War II broke out, he was worth an estimated $50 to $100 million, and he had great & good friends on both sides. For Old Friend Hermann Göring, he acted as a go-between in the Russo-Finnish war and helped work out a truce. For Old Friend Edward, Duke of Windsor, he provided his 320-ft. yacht Southern Cross (once owned by Howard Hughes) to take the Duchess from Nassau to Florida to have an infected tooth removed...
...week's end, the Lipsetts agreed to a truce. While the New Mexico was kept clear of Newark's port, all parties met to discuss a negotiated peace. Unless some other berth can be found for the junking job, the New Mex will probably get into Newark, but with a shorter time-six to eight months-allowed to scrap her. And the Lipsetts will have to find another place to scrap the two other battleships, Wyoming and Idaho, which they have bought from the Navy...
...Security Council itself, apart from its performance on Greece, registered one achievement: following its stern injunction, the Dutch and Indonesians have concluded a truce (TIME, Aug. n) and the Indonesians announced they were ready to abide by a U.N. decision. The Security Council had been able to agree on action only because no primary Russian interest was involved...
...view of the almost constant Republican violations [of the Dutch-Indonesian truce]," said the Dutch Acting Governor General Hubertus van Mook, "The Netherlands Government cannot further be bound by the truce and agreement, and retake their freedom of action...
...UNSCOP plowed prosily through tons of documents submitted by rival Jewish organizations. (The Arabs boycotted the committee.) Meanwhile, members of the underground Irgun Zvai Leumi attempted to kidnap a Palestine Government liaison officer attached to UNSCOP, but failed. The underground Stern Gang, rejecting a proposed truce during the inquiry, killed four British soldiers, wounded seven others...