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...first blush, this seemed to come close to meeting U.N. demands, and looked like an even bigger concession than the Communist abandonment of the 38th parallel. If the Reds meant what they said, it would be the first time in any postwar negotiations that an Iron Curtain country has been willing to let outsiders in for a look around. Cautiously pleased but wary of booby traps, Joy's team prepared a list of 21 questions which they wanted the Reds to answer. For example, just what countries would the Communists consider neutral. Nam II promised a prompt answer...
...fusing two unrelated phrases and turning the viceregal carriage into a dray, to TIME'S imperthnthn editor, an Emily-colored blush...
...long, long time after its formal chartering of Radcliffe in 1894, Harvard was generally cordial but distant. The attitude of most men was not so much one of scorn, but of (and we blush to use the word) indifference. In 1908 The Harvard Illustrated News (which was edited by H.V. Kaltenborn '09) ran an article entitled "Radcliffe on Harvard" which indicates attitudes then prevalent on both sides of the Common. The article, by an anonymous Radcliffe undergraduate, said in part...
...Blush in Manhattan. For all this work, Mel Allen gets a flower a day from an anonymous woman, 1,000 letters a week, $100,000 a year and the satisfaction of having one of radio's most familiar voices ("How about that!"). But when a Manhattan waiter told him last week that he recognized his voice the minute he heard it, Allen blushed-a reminder that big city fame & fortune have not entirely changed the Melvin Allen Israel who was born the son of a general store proprietor in Johns...
...Blush, '26. You are failing your family trees, according to the Population Reference Bureau of Washington...