Word: worsened
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Cool, Boy. Khrushchev's temper seemed to worsen as the week wore on; he had the air of a man looking for a target. The target appeared in the shape of Britain's urbane Prime Minister Harold Macmillan. who flew into New York last week determined, against the advice of his own Foreign Office, to dispense calm and conciliation.* (Just before his departure from London, Macmillan confided to a fellow Tory that his message for Khrushchev was epitomized in a song from West Side Story: "Get cool. boy. Got a rocket in your pocket/ Take it slow...
Last week, after six weeks of stalemate, the Russians backed down. The Soviet commander in Potsdam announced that "guided by the desire not to worsen relations among the great powers, especially in view of the forthcoming summit conference," the old Russian passes would be revalidated as of March 14, for an indefinite period...