Word: acte
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Must the leader of a beleaguered nation insist on all the pomp and perquisites of office? Or can she act like a Jewish grandmother, preparing gefilte fish, eating with her chauffeur and maid, baking a cake for a Foreign Ministry party? (See THE WORLD, "Israel's New Premier...
Shot Point-Blanlc. As the Russians tell it, the fighting was a coolly calculated, carefully planned act of aggression on the part of the Chinese. Under cover of wintry night, some 300 Chinese soldiers camouflaged in white uniforms crept across the river's ice to the 6,200-sq.-yd. island. Taking advantage of a low hill and the island's trees and shrubs, they dispersed in ambush formation. A second unit concentrated mortars, grenade throwers and heavy machine guns on the Chinese side of the river and strung field telephone lines between the two units...
...favorite cause: helping to wipe out illiteracy in underdeveloped nations by upgrading the educational programs of Catholic missions. Last week he flew off to the Ivory Coast to dedicate a new seminary in Abidjan. The trip was expected to take him to other African countries on still another act of service for Paul VI: exploring a possible papal visit to that continent later this year...
...supplement the efforts of Black Theater by filming such plays and making the tapes available to black groups around the country. Bourne himself mentioned just such a project Friday night. He has created a Black Film production company called Chamba (Swahili for "images-of-the-eye"), in part to act as a clearing house for Black Films...
Zeph Stewart, Master of Lowell House, will go on a sabbatical for the second semester of next year. During his four-month leave, Giles Constable '50 Henry Charles Lea Professor of Medieval History, will act as House Master...