Word: berlins
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Berlin...
...have two problems," said President Eisenhower last week at the end of a press conference where major questions dealt with the Berlin crisis. "One, not to allow ourselves to get thrown off balance, to get frightened, to get hysterical about the thing; but on the other hand, don't be so indifferent that we are certain that it's just a cry of wolf...
...week the President, deprived of cancer-stricken John Foster Dulles, led the nation between these extremes. He took charge of a three-hour National Security Council meeting, battened down the U.S. determination to fight, if necessary, to defend the Western position in Berlin. He called in congressional leaders of both parties to muster a show of national unity. He tried to restrain U.S. allies from sliding off on tangents, kept up a stern front as Communism's Khrushchev changed pace from "global holocaust" threats to such seeming concessions as an indefinite extension of the May 27 deadline for Berlin...
...article yesterday on the Berlin crisis, certain remarks were attributed to Zbigniew K. Brzezinski, assistant professor of Government. These remarks were not Brzezinski's. The CRIMSON regrets this error...
Then after a study of student conditions in East Berlin, later published, Sigmund flew via Athens to Ceylon for an international student conference with Algeria the first order of business. "We finally recognized the Algerian student organization, though not until the French walked out. Still the French were rather used to walking out, and not just from student meetings...