Word: turned
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...House, where incumbency is a decided asset, 26 Republicans had retired for health or other personal reasons, against only six Democrats; in addition, far more Republican seats were seriously challenged than Democratic. In terms of net gains in House or Senate seats, the 1958 elections could still turn out to be a Democratic landslide, though in terms of vote margins in specific races, it might still be a landslide of inches...
...truth, and they think it's hell"), showed off his widest swings for an intimate, friendly audience of 2,300 in Wilmington, Del. "Eisenhower went to Korea and surrendered to the Communists," he said. The Administration has lost most U.S. friends abroad "by doublecrossing them at every turn in the road." He also paid his tribute to Vice President Nixon for campaigning with "verbal garbage...
...Peng Teh-huai, in a broadcast beamed at the Free Chinese, announced that shore batteries would hold their fire every other day so that supplies could reach Quemoy. Furthermore, said Peng, the Peking government stood ready to supply Quemoy with "anything" the island lacked. "It is time now to turn from foe into friend," he added...
Undaunted by the flood of protocol visits, teas, luncheons and dinners, the Queen and her children breasted swarms of friends and well-wishers, managed to turn up in perky form at every assembly on their calendar. At one function, Frederika was called to the telephone, delighted the company with her breezy informality by piping: "Excuse me, I have to go. My husband is calling me." Touring an American National Red Cross center with Red Cross President Alfred Gruenther, she asked if blood donors later got brandy with their coffee. General Gruen-ther told her no, added: "I understand...
...every turn, Spaak, 59-year-old former Socialist Premier of Belgium, met with suspicion, delay and doubletalk. "If the general public could sit in on these talks," declared one who had sat in, "they would be appalled at the haggling." "Barring war," declared Greek Foreign Minister Evangelos Averoff-Tossizza, Greek-Turkish relations "could hardly be worse...