Word: maceachen
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...October, the list included several social welfare programs (such as increased old-age pensions) that have been championed by the New Democrats. Thus Lewis found it relatively easy to pledge his support for the government until he sees how Trudeau follows through on the proposals. Exulted Liberal Strategist Allan MacEachen: "We've been given a real chance to stay on. Only an accident could derail...
Desk-Thumping Applause. Last week, a board of trustees appointed by the Canadian government finally decided to oust the 54-year-old Banks. Rising in Parliament, Labor Minister Allan J. MacEachen drew desk-thumping applause when he announced: "It is not in the interests of the union, the shipping industry, Canada or the public at large that Mr. H. C. Banks remain in office." The trustees then named a temporary union president for Canada's S.I.U., and the government continued to press two separate criminal actions against Banks on charges of conspiracy to beat up union foes...
...example, when Argentina's President Juan Peron complained to Uruguayan Ambassador Roberto E. MacEachen last month that Montevideo radio stations were reporting the alleged plot against him in an unfriendly manner, MacEachen replied: "But in Uruguay we have a free radio...
Uruguay and New Zealand (Roberto MacEachen and Sir Carl Berendsen) tried to escape from the room, were testily waved back to their seats by the Chair (Paul-Henri Spaak). The Ukraine (Dmitri Manuilsky) prodded sarcastically: "Who is to decide which are the 'great classics of human thought?' Human thought has taken some very capricious turns at times! Very capricious. ..." (Lebanon's own uncapricious selections: Plato, Aristotle, St. Augustine, St. Thomas Aquinas, Shakespeare, Leibnitz, Pascal, Descartes, Kant, Averroes.*) The matter was referred to the Assembly, to be referred back to a committee...
Committee Four: Trusteeship (South Africa's request for the annexation of South-West Africa and Russia's demand for a hand in all trusteeship agreements). Chairman: Uruguay's Roberto MacEachen...