Word: affair
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Sensitive Dissenter. The age of sophistication raises an eyebrow at any such Hairbreadth Harry interpretation of history. But the U.S.'s awakening to the twin perils of Communist intentions and Communist scientific capabilities has been a hairbreadth affair. Like his late great friend, James Forrestal, Lewis Strauss (rhymes with saws) was one of a little band of men in Government who caught the threat of Communism when others heard only what they wanted to hear, who was motivated by a single-minded patriotism when patriotism was a drug on the one-world market. For years, Strauss was virtually unknown...
...Shocking Affair. Henry, the first Tudor, who himself usurped the throne by force of arms at the Battle of Bosworth, had every reason to blacken the memory of Richard in order to make his own crown more secure. It was at Henry's direction, says the Richardists, that Morton...
...unification of Korea, free elections, withdrawal of foreign troops or any other Korean issue, looked pretty slim. But the Communists would be more likely to yield ground in two-party talks (as they had, after two years' wrangling, at Panmunjom) than they would at a round-table affair, with all kinds of chances to create diversions and confusions. Furthermore, the U.S. feared that it might be thrown on the defensive in such a round-table conference, with Britain, perhaps, pressing for more trade with Communist China, or the French trying to unload their commitments in Indo-China...
...cardinal, never regarded as a supporter of the opposition, has said nothing, and the affair had an odd sequel last week when he confirmed President Batista's eldest son. Perhaps it remained only for the President to take his choice of two morals: 1) if the story was true, censorship evidently did not keep Cubans from learning about it; 2) if the story was false, censorship obviously led many Cubans to believe...
Once ballet was akin to fairy tales, a simple affair of story and emotion, told through gesture, mimicry and music. By the 18th century it had become stylized, replacing most of the dumb show with elegant attitudes and virtuoso movement. In this form it was nourished and preserved by the Russians. But there is one major company which still clings to the older, simpler style: the Royal Danish Ballet. Last week the Royal Danes, making one of their rare visits outside Scandinavia, were at London's Covent Garden...