Word: summoning
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...tired, old and sick. With the Garssons' own defense still to come, it would be at least a fortnight before the verdict was in. But Andy May's bluster was wearing thin. As the cross-examination wound up, the best he could muster was a threat to summon the full membership of his old committee, if necessary, to attest to his personal integrity...
...Gomulka asked Zawadzki. Said the General (who received his training in Russia): "It is easy to get 50,000; I have only to summon the Army and security police. When you increased the number to 100,000, I announced that Mr. Mikolajczyk [chief opposition leader] would speak. After you mentioned 150,000, I told the people that General Anders [antiCommunist expatriate] would address them. However, when you finally instructed me to get 200,000, I announced that at the meeting all members of the Government would be publicly hanged...
Meanwhile, Secretary of State George C. Marshall served notice that he would request that the Four-Power Council summon the Austrian Government to Moscow for consultation on the peace treaty for Austria...
...children found the remains of Gardiner floating in the water under circumstances suggesting a skating accident and subsequent drowning. They quickly rushed up the bank to summon police assistance...
Already numbering 50, the Federalists plan to form discussion groups that will write a platform, summon speakers, and eventually take political action...