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Word: willful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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¶New York's Governor Nelson Rockefeller quivered on his launching pad, preparing to take off this week on a breathtaking, "nonpolitical" swoosh through California and three other Western states, will make 35 public appearances in four days. In Albany, meanwhile, Rocky was assembling a high-octane, presidential-type...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: Straws in the Wind | 11/16/1959 | See Source »

If there is to be some give on the subject, it is not likely to take the form of the grandiose gesture made at the U.N. by Khrushchev. It will come as heads of state re-examine positions on nuclear tests so laboriously discussed at Geneva-the possibility of agreeing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATIONS: Arms & the Summit | 11/16/1959 | See Source »

They then let down quota barriers against U.S. goods, responding to Under Secretary of State Douglas Dillon's warning (TIME, Nov. 9) that they would face a "resurgence of protectionism and restrictive action" if they did not. Britain, France and Japan agreed that the time has come for thriving...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: The Best of Stimulants | 11/16/1959 | See Source »

France scaled down (from 30% to 27%) import duties on U.S. autos, electric razors, farm machinery. France is giving the U.S. the same reductions it gives its Common Market neighbors. Import quotas on about 200 items ranging from textiles to household appliances were also scrapped, and Pinay promised to junk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: The Best of Stimulants | 11/16/1959 | See Source »

Japan announced that within 16 months it will cancel restrictions on a wide range of dollar imports, including bourbon (though the Japanese prefer Scotch), TV sets, household appliances, autos and cosmetics. Biggest item will be liberalization of such vital U.S. supplies as soybeans, scrap iron, hides and tallow, which should...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: The Best of Stimulants | 11/16/1959 | See Source »

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