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Erhard's miracle was accomplished by the laboring man, slaving away at wages almost the lowest in Western Europe. The German union movement, crushed under Hitler, is only now beginnnig to awaken. Let us see what the industrialists can accomplish if they give the average German a living wage...
...intruder apparently had entered the second floor from the fire escape. He turned off the hall light and entered several rooms, but did not awaken their occupants. After the police had departed, Coggleshall's head resident reported seeing a man lurking nearby, shabbily dressed, who "could have been a student...
Congratulations on your color spread of the mighty Atlas fizzle at three miles. The Russians also had a scoop at the same time − which beat us by 557 miles. When will the U.S. awaken - or will high-level bickering and indifference, strikes at atomic weapon plants, and official stupidity prevail...
...first into space. As long as we have the potential, the actual event is relatively minor. From a propaganda viewpoint, though America has been vastly outdistanced and stands a good chance of losing the confidence of some neutral countries. From another side, however, the satellite may serve to awaken America from its complacency and bring a sense of urgency to our military and scientific efforts...
Just as the staff is beginning to awaken the children from the nightmare of violence, past and present, the narrator's twin brother Nicky arrives. Nicky is handsome, hypnotic and unregenerate, a nostalgic Nazi still capable of strutting his party uniform in the midst of the Berlin airlift. As Nicky stuffs the children's ears with bogus war exploits, the camp's tensions come to a seething boil, and the novel spills over into melodrama, j murder and suicide. Novelist Vansittart, 36, is an English teacher in a London I school; his compassion and scrupulosity in distinguishing...