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Word: weres (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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The furor that began four months ago when four U.S. sergeants stationed at Izmir were arrested on charges of currency black-marketing, and two in turn accused Turkish cops of torturing them (TIME, Aug. 24 et seq.), drags on in the slow-moving Turkish courts. While the State Department, in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TURKEY: The General's Cleanup | 12/7/1959 | See Source »

Since his investigation began, 23 officers and noncoms have been transferred out of Turkey with more to follow. The Pentagon has refused to say whether any were guilty of misdeeds or merely of failure to exercise sufficient responsibility. Several of the officers complain that the opposition Turkish press, which is...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TURKEY: The General's Cleanup | 12/7/1959 | See Source »

On the Alpine side, since De Gaulle came to power, Italy has become a staunch backer of France's policy in Algeria. On the Rhine, Adenauer's Germany has forged new links with its old enemy. And last week Spanish officials in Paris were humming contentedly about a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Family Circle | 12/7/1959 | See Source »

Dinner guests at the Soviet embassy spread the word that the cuisine and cellar were excellent. Mme. Vinogradov, an amateur painter herself, began encouraging young French artists to drop around, even abstractionists, whose decadent works would never find favor in Moscow. And soon columnists were speculating on which London tailor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Mon Gaulliste | 12/7/1959 | See Source »

All Accra turned out last week to greet Queen Elizabeth's husband, Prince Philip. Tribal chiefs sat under ceremonial umbrellas at the airport. Prime Minister Kwame Nkrumah was there, beaming, and 150,000 people lined the streets to shout "Akwaaba" (welcome). There were many kind references to Queen Elizabeth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GHANA: A Royal Visitor | 12/7/1959 | See Source »

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