Word: send
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...political front the Western powers seemed to be doing just about what Communist China wanted. Last week British Delegate Sir Gladwyn Jebb proposed that the U.N. Security Council invite Mao Tse-tung's government to send representatives to the forthcoming U.N. discussion of General MacArthur's report on Chinese intervention in Korea (TIME, Nov. 13). U.S. Delegate Warren Austin argued that since Communist China was the aggressor the invitation should be called a "summons." Snapped Russia's Jacob Malik: "When a colonial power speaks to a colonial slave it may 'summon...
...tung's government reacted to the U.N. concessions as Communist governments usually react to any signs of weakness. From Chinese Communist Foreign Minister Chou En-lai came a stiff message refusing the U.N. invitation to send delegates to discuss Chinese intervention in Korea. But, in answer to a previous Security Council invitation, Chou agreed to send delegates to discuss what Chou called U.S. "aggression on Formosa." Besides discussing Formosa, Chou suggested, his delegates ought to be given a chance to accuse the U.S. of "armed intervention" in Korea...
...request of India's Sr1¹1 Nehru, Sr1³3 Rana finally agreed to let the Indian government send in two planes to pick up Sr15 and friends. When they landed at New Delhi, Nehru came to meet the plane and a red carpet was rolled...
Because he plays in one of college football's minor leagues, Halfback Bright may be passed over by the All-America selectors, but the pros have not overlooked him. The professionals cannot make direct offers without violating the rule book, but they can send him questionnaires. So far, Bright has received questionnaires from the New York Giants, the Los Angeles Rams, the Philadelphia Eagles, the Cleveland Browns and the Green Bay Packers. With his senior year still ahead of him, Johnny Bright is in no hurry, but he does hope to play the pro game for a while...
...serious native composer for the privilege of performing his music; it was supposed to be gratification enough for an American to get his work played at all. With the help of Serge Koussevitzky, then conducting his first season with the Boston Symphony, Copland blazed that trail too. "Send them a bill!" commanded Koussevitzky after a rehearsal of the young composer's Symphony for Organ and Orchestra. Copland sent the symphony society a modest bill ("maybe $25, I've forgotten"), and was paid. When Copland told old,time U.S. Composer Henry F. Gilbert about his check, Gilbert clasped...