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One of the greatest advantages of an A.A.A. hearing over a court session is the expertness of the arbitrator. Unlike a judge, who might have to spend weeks acquainting himself with the technical points of an industry, the arbitrator, usually a topnotch man in the field, needs no such briefing...
With a soft rustle, the curtains open on the revolution in U.S. sea power. Drawn wide by a briefing officer, they reveal the secret wall maps in the blue-and-gold Pentagon office of the U.S. Chief of Naval Operations. The clock strikes 8 bells-and the Navy's...
Few colleges can boast the type of guest lecturer that the NWC can command, e.g., Vice President Nixon on foreign policy, Lebanon's Charles Malik on the Middle East, Ambassador Clare Boothe Luce on U.S. policy toward Italy. Between lectures and seminars, NWC students must also prepare annual theses...
While they kept a stiff upper lip in public. Stevenson's leaders in California were frightened, baffled and discouraged. Said one: "We'll have to revamp our entire campaign in California. And Adlai will have to make some changes. He can't play it from the balcony...
The President kept in touch with the problems as well as with the people. He met with Secretary of Defense Charles E. Wilson and Admiral Arthur Radford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and later with the full J.C.S., to hear reports on the Puerto Rico conference on defense...