Word: make
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...unloading the first shipment of arms to France, things were even quieter. A drab little female Communist turned up in the rain at the stevedores' hiring hall to hand out some leaflets urging the dockers not to unload imperialist weapons. A man in a raincoat tried to make a speech. The dockers paid no attention. They had already discussed the issue; only 21 of Cherbourg's 415 dockers had voted against working the ships with U.S. aid. "Cherbourg's example," said Defense Minister René Pleven as the last of the Importer's cargo of artillery...
...cabinet puts him in political danger if he cannot keep Kashmir for India. His agreement with Liaquat Ali last week cost him the resignations of two Moslem-hating cabinet members from riot-torn Bengal. The Kashmir mediation will be a stiffer test of whether Nehru and Liaquat Ali can make their agreement work...
...first passenger to think of the hostess was William Haigh. He left his seat and pulled her free of the debris in the galley. Sue Cramsie was still conscious, but one arm was broken and badly gashed. The other passengers tried to make her comfortable on a makeshift cot of coats and pillows...
...church, according to the account, agreed to "oppose abuse of religious feelings for anti-state purposes, combat criminal activity of underground bandits, and . . . teach the faithful to respect . . . the state authority." The church was also said to have made many other concessions which it had formerly refused to make...
...Much or Too Little? In the meantime, while Baudouin ruled as Lieutenant General of the Realm, Leopold would "make contact with all levels of opinion and bring back peace . . ." The temporary delegation of power to Baudouin would end, Leopold suggested, "with the accord of the government and at the moment which I shall consider to conform with the interests of the nation...