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...might also form a useful body for coordinating military aid to other areas as well as among member nations. The NATO countries, especially West Germany and the U.S. are relatively rich in capital, and might channel strategic aid through a NATO council. In its next few years, NATO should adjust to the new conditions of the East-West rivalry if it is to continue to advance the essential community of interests which bind the United States and the European nations...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Decade of Defense | 4/6/1959 | See Source »

What magnified the evening's success was the limitations on staging imposed by Sanders Theatre. The absence of a curtain, and the necessary inflexibility of drops and settings, made for a somewhat primitive production. This was especially unfortunate when it resulted in frantic and sometimes unnecessary scurrying to adjust the properties...

Author: By James W. B. benkard and Bartle Bull, S | Title: Wonderful Town | 3/14/1959 | See Source »

...protested, "this is all so new for you. Isn't it awfully difficult for you to adjust to motherhood...

Author: By Alice P. Albright, | Title: Silver Screen | 3/12/1959 | See Source »

...numerous activities guarantee an "out" for the unsophisticated freshman, unable to adjust to three compulsive days with a slight acquaintance, and to the upperclassman who finds himself paired off with a "turkey." The large number of blind dates leads to the barbarous custom of "shooting down"; i.e., ditching a date for someone else's or for a stray male or female. Nevertheless, most people don't object, at least not openly, and everyone seems to be having...

Author: By Judith Blitman and Joanna Burnstine, S | Title: Winter Carnival: Reflections of a Mad Age | 2/13/1959 | See Source »

...full department dedicated to the study of phrenology may yet flourish under John Harvard's benevolent aegis. But indeed it may be truly said that University Hall's failure to recognize the noble discipline with even a puny half-course is but another reflection of Harvard's inability to adjust to anything--be it past, present, future, or timeless...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: It Goes to Your Head | 1/21/1959 | See Source »

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