Word: uproars
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Southern Florida was in something like a state of emergency last week, with officials in a tizzy, scientists swarming into the area, and federal money arriving in million-dollar lots. Cause of the uproar: the Mediterranean fruit fly, which seems to have hopped the Caribbean by airplane from Central America...
Almost unnoticed in the uproar over Mendès' resignation, India's Prime Minister Nehru took a hand in France's Algerian troubles. Speaking to the Indian Parliament, Nehru called on both sides to adopt a ceasefire. After that, he suggested, the French government should recognize "the national entity and personality of Algeria ... on the basis of freedom," and enter into direct negotiations with the rebels. Since Nehru has considerable influence in the Arab-Asian bloc, Frenchmen noted gratefully that he had refrained from backing the rebels' demand for "independence," and had further urged "recognition that...
...story broke in April, and by last week it had state officials, from the governor down, involved in the uproar. The Oregonian's sensational accusations: top Western officials of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters were conspiring with Seattle gamblers to 1) control Portland's law-enforcement agencies, 2) organize all the city's rackets, from pinball machines to prostitution. The Page One story put S. I. Newhouse's staid Oregonian into a running fight not only with local officials but also with its opposition daily, the Oregon Journal (circ...
...Amid the uproar, Charlie Taft tried to read a statement, failed to get far, scrapped it, and admitted of his committee's ambitious project: "I wouldn't say that we are going to accomplish all that we want." That, at least, seemed to be a fair (if somewhat optimistic) campaign-year statement...
...name was Joseph T. Rowbottom, and the use of his name for any kind of student uproar came about because he was a sound sleeper...