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...that the real cause of trouble was "the gross interference of the U.S. in the internal affairs of China," Molotov said he would consider it. (Molotov was more expansive later when visiting Publisher William Randolph Hearst Jr. asked if there might be a local cease-fire to permit the bloodless evacuation of the Tachens. "If Chiang Kai-shek should desire to withdraw his forces from any islands, hardly anyone would try to prevent him from doing so," said Molotov dryly...
...Bloodless Coo. The day before the bipartisanship meeting, the President had held an even longer session with congressional Republicans to give a yes answer to another question: Can the U.S. Government function when the President's party is split? In fashioning next year's domestic program for Congress, the possibilities for friction had seemed greater than at the foreign-policy meeting. But Senate Leader William Knowland intoned that the talks had been "constructive and harmonious." Colorado's Senator Eugene Millikin reported that the whole affair was "like the cooing of doves...
...trace of Indian or Negro blood.) Often Brazilians blame the nation's Portuguese colonial masters. Complains a Rio newsman: "Brazil made Portugal rich, and Portugal left Brazil poor." But it is rather late for Brazilians to be blaming the Portuguese: Brazil has been an independent nation since its bloodless revolution...
Said he: "The opera is just as important to Baltimore as the Orioles." He joined forces with members of the Baltimore Opera Club. Last week, in quick, bloodless revolution, the group 1) elected Eleanor Miles vice president; 2) decided on a general rise in ticket prices (e.g., orchestra up from $9 to $10) for Met performances, to provide the guarantee. Lawyer Miles gave all the credit to Eleanor: "I'm just kibitzing...
...quiet, bloodless, but uniformly effective revolution is fomenting on the corner of Linden and Mt. Auburn Sts. At its start, a few students lost their heads; after almost a year, all are able to hold them up again...