Word: aftermath
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...stormy aftermath of Clare Boothe Luce's resignation as Ambassador to Brazil, President Eisenhower last week turned to a career man to be envoy to the biggest, most populous neighbor in Latin America. The new nominee: John Moors Cabot, 58, foreign service veteran (since 1926), currently U.S. Ambassador to Colombia, and Bostonian of first-family lineage...
...aftermath of Slickey's debut last week, Osborne took out after the reviewers with Pelham's help. "Not one daily newspaper critic has the intellectual equipment to assess my work," thundered Osborne in Pelham-sponsored interviews. "They were professional assassins." Despite the assassins, The World of Paul Slickey was not yet dead...
...readers of TIME'S Letters section (and, indeed, of the daily newspapers) well know, TIME has been hotly criticized in recent weeks for its coverage of unpleasant news in some countries friendly to the U.S., notably for stories of the economic crisis in Bolivia, the aftermath of revolution in Cuba, and government corruption in the Philippines. Replying to this criticism has given us the opportunity to restate some truths about TIME, and I thought you might like to see where we stand. The following is the text of one reply to a critic...
...with what may prove to be its most dangerous challenge, NATO marked its tenth anniversary Saturday. Although the Alliance has yet to realize the specific goals of military strength it set for itself, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization has proved a valuable mechanism for collective defense. Created in the aftermath of the Czechoslovakian coup of 1948 and the Berlin Blockade, the Treaty signalled Western determination to resist further Soviet expansion in Europe. It also marked the first peace-time alliance to which the United States had ever committed itself; the collapse of Europe brought this country to a mature realization...
Hastily formed in the aftermath of the Hungarian Revolution, the Freedom Council collected almost $1000 to help bring a Freedom Fighter to Harvard. Since then, it has sponsored a commemoration program. With a "lasting interest in Eastern Europe," the Council "feels it is waiting on something," and at present its organization is "rather relaxed." Some members are working for the Vienna Youth Festival Information Service "to give us something to do," said Prescott Evarts '60, president. Perhaps if another revolution occurs in the satellites the council can recapture its former moment of glory...