Word: acted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...conducted (as Pakistan demands) by some "neutral" administration. In that land today, who could be neutral or impartial? Abdullah struck a note of grave doubt: "I say to you frankly that if you ask Almighty God to administer the State of Kashmir, I do not feel even He will act impartially...
...With every ounce of gold and every dollar she could lay her hands on, Britain's reserves stood at only about $2.6 billion. If they fell to $1 billion, Britain would be too broke to act as banker for the sterling bloc, which might then fall apart. And gold and dollars were running off at a hemorrhagic rate of $200 million a month...
...been bought from the War Assets Administration without armament. They had been flown from Bush Field, Ga., by five U.S. airmen, all of whom were turned over to the U.S. Embassy in Managua. Four were deported to New Orleans, arrested, and charged with violating the U.S. Neutrality Act. A fifth, an AWOL air force captain, was handed over to military authorities in Panama...
...output of the A.P., Dr. Flesch found that the stories were far below his standard. They varied from "fairly poor" to "poor" (his next to lowest grade). He cited one horrible example of a lead: "University of Washington scientists reported today experiments have shown that microplankton organisms act as radioactivity 'carriers' in Bikini waters, keeping the waters radioactive." How many readers, asked Dr. Flesch, know what "microplankton organisms" are? The same story was turned over to the A.P. science writer, Howard W. Blakeslee, to Flesch out. His version: "Discovery of the missing links that will spread dangerous atomic...
...rehearsal for the London première of Peter Grimes, Composer Britten was all over the stage, his enthusiasm overcoming his shyness, begging his singers to act their parts instead of grimacing and posturing. There were few in the Met's cast who didn't realize what they were up against. Soprano Regina Resnik is a Britten veteran: she had sung in his Rape of Lucretia in Chicago last year (TIME, June 9). But Tenor Frederick Jagel, who sings the leading role, was worried: "This is so tough dramatically that it becomes tough musically...