Word: accessions
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Wagdi is chief correspondent for Al Ahram, Cairo daily, and, as one of Egypt's most respected reporters, has easy access to high officials. Kavoussi once worked for the. London Daily Express, has a sound knowledge of English. Other part-time correspondents in the Middle East are Riza Chandir in Istanbul, who operates his own Turkish news agency; Abu Said el Riche in Beirut, onetime correspondent for the London Daily Mail; Ernest Main on Cyprus and Monica Dehn in Israel. In addition to these, a wide network of observers maintains a flow of suggested stories to the Beirut headquarters...
...yielding soil of the fortune made from the sales of Britain's best-known laxative that the extraordinary personality of Sir Thomas Beecham, conductor, impresario and wit, has flowered and flourished. Although his access to the proceeds of that fortune has been progressively limited, it has been an important factor in the development, not only of his truly remarkable musical gifts, but also of all the extravagance, exuberance and effervescence of a rich and sensitive but irrepressible and boisterous nature. He is utterly free from cant and convention, and his fortunate combination of natural and material endowments has enabled...
...Moscow that before Germany could be "unified," free and fair elections would have to be held all over the country. The U.N. Assembly had already set up a commission to determine whether such elections could be held in West Germany, Berlin and East Germany, but the commission was denied access to the Soviet zone. Last week Moscow grudgingly accepted discussion of an election commission as part of the agenda for its proposed Big Four meeting, although denouncing it as an "insult" to the German people. On the surface this looked like a change of stance for the Russians...
...town of Guastalla (pop. 6,000), which sprawls peacefully along the banks of the Po River, the president of the local tax commission is a Communist. Professor Remo Salati, who wears a double-breasted suit like Communist Leader Togliatti and imitates Togliatti's manner of talking, also has access to federal tax returns in which taxpayers, in the face of stringent new tax laws, assess their incomes more realistically...
Like most modern architects, László makes full use of uncluttered space and free access to the outdoors. His aim: simplicity with elegance. "Warmth in luxury," he says, "is easy. But it is full of pitfalls. You can overbalance a house with the furnishings . . . Today's modern furniture is mostly glamorized boxes. Furniture must help balance a home ... It should so blend with the wallpaper and contours of the room that it does not annoy...