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...year old when the Russian Revolution shook the world. A scholarly, intense boy, he carried the flag at graduation exercises at Rochester's (N.Y.) P.S. 32. At West High School he won honors in English, but after leaving school the best job he could get was that of buffer hand in a factory. He decided that society, not himself, was to blame. Early in 1938 he joined the Young Communist League, later that year became a full Communist Party member...
...Britain's affairs with America has shown that both countries have come to realize that they have to get along with each other," Reid said. "That's especially true in the current world situation." He indicated that he thought Britain's role could only be that of a buffer force between the temperaments of Russia and this country...
...begun, naturally, with Old Masters, but the supply was strictly limited. So he went ahead with Gutenberg Bibles, racehorses, Stradivariuses, snuffboxes, stained glass, milk glass, Waterford glass and Venetian glass. He owned four spas, half of Chicago, an inland sea and a buffer state. The trouble was that Gordon's collecting interests quickly flagged, and whenever they did, his personality turned sour. At such times, he would stay slugabed all day, spitefully jolting the market by dumping or buying, and making life difficult for his wife Isabel...
...deal with a take-it-or-leave-it label. The U.N. would agree on: 1) limited instead of unlimited troop rotation; 2) inspection teams from neutral nations for behind-the-lines observation; 3) a double instead of a single inspection system (one group behind the lines, one for the buffer zone; 4) no U.N. air observation; 5) rehabilitation of "certain" North Korean airfields for civilian use. In return the Reds must agree, positively, not to construct or use airfields for military purposes...
...Norway and Denmark-the argument goes-Sweden could not help them by joining NATO, since Sweden is at her peak in armament now. Thus Sweden has a buffer in Finland, and Norway and Denmark have a buffer in Sweden. (Many Swedish military men will privately tell you that the defense of Scandinavia would be stronger if coordinated...