Word: effectively
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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Month after month in Washington, Touré's negotiators bickered and quibbled over each paragraph in the proposed agreement, demanding in effect that the U.S. just hand over the cash and be done with it. Although aware that Toure was under pressure from the Communists to cut off his Western dealings altogether, the U.S. negotiators, partially hemmed in by U.S. laws, insisted that Guinea follow the rules if it wanted the aid. Finally, a few weeks ago, the Guineans quietly signed on the dotted line-so quietly, in fact, that no announcement was made at all in Conakry newspapers...
...Haedo's wings in a farcical attempt at impeachment-because he failed to get congressional permission before leaving the country to attend the U.N. General Assembly in Manhattan. The chances are that the impeachment trial will get pigeonholed by the Senate. The nation is beginning to feel the effect of a stabilized economy, and only a foolish politician would annoy the voters...
...chicken neck, hen manure, a dead sparrow, a rat skull and a whole mouse. Even if feathers prove to be poor disease carriers, concluded Lind dryly, "we should consider that the renovation of old feather pillows is of importance from the standpoint of general good housekeeping and psychological effect...
Volpe's camp particularly delighted in circulating rather outdated statements by Ward to the effect that Harvard had a slightly red tinge and should be investigated...
...this time, Tambo said, the Nationalists put into effect laws to reduce the Blacks to a position of total inferiority. They forced the non-white population to work at slave labor rates, and destroyed equality of education. They also restricted the influx of liberal English settlers...