Word: warne
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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From exile in the Dominican Republic, Perón's first reaction was to denounce the law as a "trap," and to warn his top henchmen to be careful about returning to Argentina. But back home Perón's lawyer filed the first case testing just how broadly the law will be interpreted in court. The attorney asked a federal court to drop a charge of treason from the list of indictments pending against Perón. Even if the lawyer wins this case, he will have little chance of knocking down all other charges, including...
...approach of final examinations and several unfortunate recent episodes lead me to warn students that they are individually responsible for a knowledge of Faculty regulations," Leighton stated. College rules prohibit possession of explosives or the playing of "boisterous music" after...
...Killers." In Menado, the rebels answered that all of their pilots were Indonesians, although some of them were "of Chinese descent." Rebel Colonel Joop Warouw went on to accuse Sukarno of himself employing foreigners, especially Czech pilots who flew against the rebels as "hired killers." He added ominously: "We warn Sukarno that unless all Soviet technicians, advisers and naval officers disguised as merchant-ship captains, leave Indonesia immediately, we will not hesitate to accept open aid from the anti-Communist bloc...
Lyndon Johnson worked fast and furiously to head off Big Bill. He got Arkansas' able Lawyer John McClellan to warn against writing hasty legislation on the floor, an old Senate bugaboo. And he got Jack Kennedy to promise to schedule three additional weeks of labor hearings, with the extra promise that additional labor-regulation bills will hit the floor by mid-June. The Johnson coalition held firm, voted down Knowland's amendments, but Knowland had won a victory for labor regulation by guaranteeing that the Senate will have to go on record this session on harder-hitting bills...
...difference between the portemanteau and the lightweight aluminum suitcase, the wary Culture-Vulture and the fun-loving American Skimmer. Where Baedeker led the reader to every last statue, Fielding is apt to dismiss monuments ("The place is practically crawling with history") in favor of menus. Where Baedeker might discreetly warn of dangers abroad (beware of bedbugs), Fielding's personal, pithy and frank approach would make old Herr Baedeker blush. Is the traveler enticed by a sexy blonde in a continental nightspot? Fielding's warnings: 1) chances are she can't leave the premises before closing time...