Word: showdown
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...where his gentle dickering had yielded no assurances of Russian departure. The March 2 deadline in the Anglo-Russian-Iranian treaty continued to be honored in the breach. Premier Gavam could not defend his country or the world's peace. He waited uneasily for this week's showdown meeting of UNO's Security Council in New York...
...Showdown? Moscow newspapers called Churchill's speech "aggressive." And Moscow rapped Byrnes's finger when the Secretary tried to point out to Bulgaria how it could make its government more democratic. Bulgaria, Moscow made plain, is Russia's sphere...
...idea where these moves and countermoves would lead, where or when a showdown would come-or whether there would be any showdown. The greatest worry was that Russia would flounce out of UNO and go her independent way. The President said hopefully that he did not believe she would...
...least until 1960, Russia will be much weaker than the U.S. For that reason Russian policy will be to avoid a major showdown...
...Showdown's lusty action begins in a Chinese hotel in Rabaul, where "the white female form is an extremely rare sight. . . even when clothed." So when Schooner Captain Shamus got his first eyeful of gorgeous Cleo, it was as if "an exotic and beautiful wild creature [was] trampling the quiet loveliness of a well-tended flower garden." Shamus was even more trampled when he discovered that Cleo was one of the Hollywood party which he had agreed to ship to New Guinea in search of background material for a new film...