Word: bases
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Moreover, said Khrushchev, he himself would not inspect an American missile base even if invited. As for his activities in the U.S., there would be discussion with Eisenhower but not negotiation, and a main topic would be Germany-but not Germany's reunification: "There are no hopes of unifying East and West Germany in the near future, consequently one must proceed from the real state of affairs, from the fact that there are two German states." Answering another question, he magnanimously assured everyone that Russia will attempt no change in Berlin's status so long as talks continue...
...unknown; for Soustelle there was an agglomeration of odd jobs-including the Sahara. Mockingly, some Frenchmen dubbed Soustelle "the Minister of the Future," and when in last March's municipal elections he failed to win the mayoralty of Lyon-which would have given him a local political power base-many pundits concluded that his star was setting...
...Argentina's Andean resort of San Carlos de Bariloche, snow came late this year, but when it finally fell, it was a skier's dream-3-ft. base. 2 in. of powder, and fresh snow at night to top it off. Last week the biggest crowds in history were strapping skis together in Buenos Aires and bracing themselves for a clattery two days on the train or six hours on a plane for their share of Christies. In Bolivia, young skiers jammed into the two lodges at the three-mile-high Chacaltaya ski area. But nowhere...
...only ones who loved the place were the few real skiers who gloried in the 18 runs wiggling down the slopes of a snow bowl filled with a loft. base and topped by 8 ft. of powder or corn snow. First a few, then by the dozen, top skiers showed up: onetime U.S. Champion Ralph Miller set a world speed record by schussing Garganta run at 109.9 m.p.h...
...system consists of two soundproof and weatherproof corridors, red-carpeted and glass-enclosed, which extend from the terminal at plane-door level on a high, fixed base. First-class passengers enter a short jetwalk that leads to the plane's front door via a short gondola that slides to the door on a monorail. Other passengers walk a longer distance along a jet-walk that runs parallel to the plane, enter the rear door through a telescoping corridor that can be moved out to the door on wheels. Both devices are operated electrically from a console that can raise...