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In his office in the White House, Presidential Press Secretary Charles G. Ross had just finished briefing correspondents on the progress of the Truman-Attlee meetings (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS). Sitting in his big leather chair, lean, long-faced Charlie Ross leaned back to light a cigarette, waited for the television...
For a few hours politics and recriminations were forgotten. Democrats and Republicans drew together in a kind of stunned silence to listen to the latest news and the latest grim briefing on the situation from Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Lovett and Lieut. General Alfred Gruenther, the Army's...
Following the usual Thursday schedule, Coach Jordan held contact work to a minimum and concentrated on setting final offensive patterns and briefing the defensive secondary on the Big Green's potent passing attack.
Applicants were to "check tour desired" -in the order of their distance: the moon (240,000 miles, 9½ hours); Venus, Mars, Jupiter, or Saturn (790 million miles, 1,333 days). The planetarium's "Passenger Briefing" warned that the moon is no such warm romantic place as it might...
David P. Lighthill '50, editor-in-chief, says there is a special need for make-up men and for persons to fill executive positions on the board. A three to four weeks' competition, ushered in by beer and a short briefing the first night, will test the candidate's ability...