Word: attacks
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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PRINCETON, N. J., Feb. 28--George Harrington played one of the finest games of a distinguished college career tonight, but the Crimson finally bowed before the Tigers of Princeton, 73-65. The varsity attack, which had built up a 10 point lead in the first half, faltered in the second...
Proxmire expects to follow up his attack with Senate floor speeches aimed toward liberal Democrats, pointing out, among other things, that Democrats meet in caucus only once a session, and then only to hear Johnson enunciate Democratic policy. What the one-man revolution hoped to gain, nobody knew. But even Lyndon Johnson would have to admit that Bill Proxmire had turned out to be quite a surprise package...
Accepting Liabilities. In Brussels. Socialist and Communi&t Deputies made a tumultuous attack on the coalition Catholic-Liberal government. Cried one: "You not only condemn to death the 18,000 Borinage miners but the entire region-its shopkeepers, all other industries, everyone who is dependent on them." Catholic Deputy Fred-Bertrand, a former miner, shouted in reply: "Do you think you'll attract foreign companies and new investment by creating this revolution?" A government minister promised "replacement jobs" for the miners but was hooted down when unable to give any details. Premier Gaston Eyskens refused to consider nationalizing...
...future attack by manned bombers on the North American continent, U.S. defenders would hope to engage the enemy with fighters and missiles far to the north of the U.S., over the Canadian Arctic. Last week, in a grave speech to the House of Commons in Ottawa, Tory Prime Minister John Diefenbaker cleared the way for an almost total merger of Canada's air defenses with those...
...white nerve bundles in the front part of the brain (lobotomy or leucotomy). This makes many victims better able to tolerate their pain, even though its actual intensity may not be reduced. Greatest danger: an overall dulling of the personality. More radical but also more logical is an attack through the thalamus, part of the central nervous system which relays many pain impulses to the higher perception centers. Biggest drawback: the thalamus, tucked away in the middle of the skull, is hard to get at, and early operations on it often missed the target by a fraction of an inch...