Search Details

Word: whats (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

The stubborn, stolid disregard by the steel industry and the Steelworkers for the general welfare, as they fought their private prestige battles, had already brought the U.S. to what the President called "a pretty pass." A blight of unemployment spread across the land as industrial plants slowed down or shut...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATION: On Two Tracks | 11/2/1959 | See Source »

Barrel Roll. Details of what happened next would have to await a Civil Aeronautics Board investigation. It may have been that Berke failed to correct with his left rudder in time, or inadvertently applied more right. The 707 flipped on its back. The gut-pounding stress was too much for...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AVIATION: Tricks of the Trade | 11/2/1959 | See Source »

In his own oracular way, De Gaulle himself gave two other reasons for his desire to postpone a summit. The first is a fundamental disagreement with Britain and the U.S. over what a summit should be. Macmillan, in particular, talks of a series of summits, none of which would be...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATIONS: Again, De Gaulle | 11/2/1959 | See Source »

So far, although unstinting in verbal support for Algeria's Moslem rebels, the Kremlin has given little or no concrete help, has not even recognized the rebel F.L.N. "provisional government." But Red China does recognize the rebel government, and recently feted two of its leaders, Mahmoud Cherif and Youssef...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATIONS: Again, De Gaulle | 11/2/1959 | See Source »

Of course, it is not democracy. Critics think Ayub is moving too slowly at reforming Pakistan's legal system and devising a constitution (answers Ayub: "I am not one of those clever chaps. I like to know exactly what I am doing before I do it"). He agrees that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PAKISTAN: The Benign Year | 11/2/1959 | See Source »

Previous | 97 | 98 | 99 | 100 | 101 | 102 | 103 | 104 | 105 | 106 | 107 | 108 | 109 | 110 | 111 | 112 | 113 | 114 | 115 | 116 | 117 | Next