Word: use
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...sense, the announcement served the U.S. well. It was a timely reminder that the cold war goes on and that the U.S. must use its scientific, technological and diplomatic skills wisely and well...
...Vichy government gave the Nazis permission to let German aircraft use Syrian bases. In a savage, month-long campaign, British and Free French forces (who began the invasion with the proclaimed intention of giving Syria independence) overwhelmed 35,000 stubborn Vichy troops. The Free French almost immediately began to retreat from their promises of freedom, but France's wartime weakness gave her old Mideast rival Britain an irresistible opportunity. In 1945, when rioting broke out in Damascus, Winston Churchill compelled the French to confine their troops in Syria to barracks. Within two months Syria was for all practical purposes...
...delegates knew, the military persuades or forces many Latin American governments to spend a fifth of the budget for arms that rarely see use in the country's defense. Item: Tiny, poverty-ridden Ecuador owns twelve Meteor jet fighters, six Canberra jet bombers, two jet trainers. Because the U.S. has supplied many of the arms under mutual-defense treaties, some of the overarmed Latin Americans had sharp retorts for Anderson's remarks. "Tell it to the Pentagon," said an Ecuadorian. But the overall reception was surprisingly friendly. Probable reason: Secretary Anderson was talking to Finance Ministers, who must...
England Mutual Life Insurance Co. called its tightly packed offset paper The Spare Wheel ("For Use in Emergencies Only"), noted on Page One that its 30-odd news items a day, "unless otherwise indicated, are furnished via the international wires of the United Press...
AUTO SEAT BELTS would cut traffic-accident deaths by about 60% if they were in general use, says Cornell University Medical College after survey of 10,000 auto accidents. Concluded survey: "The seat belt is the most important, single, economically feasible device available to reduce one of our greatest public hazards...