Word: civilizations
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...conference in a month, the President quickly brushed aside any specific questions on the Administration's plans and policies. But the main lines were already well known: don't rock the boat; propose no bold, new experiments., but insist on putting through the controversial Fair Deal measures (civil rights, health plan, etc.) already proposed...
...drafted what they considered a more realistic budget which would cut out all new taxes, slash government expenditures and leave a deficit of 23 billion francs. The Socialists objected to that: they insisted on the new taxes, threatened strikes if as a result of cuts in government expenses any civil servants were fired. Bidault finally put his own budget draft to a vote of confidence...
T.W.A., the third U.S. North Atlantic carrier, objected to the sale. Last week, in a 200-page report, Civil Aeronautics Board Examiner Thomas Wrenn brushed aside T.W.A.'s protests and recommended that CAB approve the merger. Cried T.W.A. President Ralph Damon: a "monopolistic grab...