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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...voice of exiled Communist leader Nicholas Zachariades telling Greeks to vote for Premier Nicholas Plastiras' National Progressive Union of the Center in the Nov. 16 general election. While naming Plastiras "a traitor ... an enemy of the people and an agent of American-ocracy," Zachariades said Communist voters must aim at "getting the highest possible democratic concentration," particularly on local slates. The reason: "The [Communists] personally despise the executioner, Papagos, much more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREECE: Reds in the Middle | 11/10/1952 | See Source »

...corner cupboards, tape recorders the size of a wallet or a washing machine, amplifiers that cost from $40 to $400, complete hookups from $150 (Spartan economy) to $3,500 (Sybaritic luxury). But as the fair went on, most of the excitement centered around something called "binaural" (or "stereophonic") sound. Aim of binaural sound: to give the ears the same effect of realistic "presence" that Cinerama films-or the old-fashioned stereoscope-give the eyes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Hi-Fis at Work | 11/10/1952 | See Source »

Founded in 1837 by sturdy Scotch-Irish Presbyterians, the school dominates the tiny town of Davidson, in the Pledmont region of North Carolina. The small men's college operates under the belief that its primary aim should be the all-round development of each of its students. For this reason, equal emphasis is placed on the religious, the physical, and the social facets of education, in addition to academic growth...

Author: By Richard H. Ullman, | Title: Davidson--Stress Conformity, Academic Rigor | 11/1/1952 | See Source »

...Alvin C. Eurlich, president of the Foundation, has called the aim of the study the development of responsibility and leadership. The R.O.T.C. units will be judged on the relationship of their programs to normal college life, the grading of officer candidates, and the content of instruction...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ford Foundation Analyzes ROTC | 10/28/1952 | See Source »

Although its aim is to exclude Communist spies and propagandists, the McCarran Act,* declares a group of eminent U.S. scientists in the current Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, is isolating U.S. science from vital European ideas and knowledge. It is also, they claim, antagonizing Europe's intellectuals and giving propaganda ammunition to Europe's Communists...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: McCarran Curtain | 10/27/1952 | See Source »

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