Word: centrally
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...pressure again on Taiwan. But most signs are that China, with all its domestic troubles, would not be likely to indulge in foreign adventures. For the time being at least, one severe restraint on any expansionist ambitions is Peking's fierce quarrel with Russia over disputed territories in central Asia...
...surprise if Cleveland elected its first Republican mayor since 1941. The G.O.P. has fielded a strong candidate in Ralph J. Perk, 55, auditor of Cuyahoga County and, like Pittsburgh's Tabor, a man of Czech descent. That helps in Cleveland, where identification with the old countries of Central and Eastern Europe is still close...
Frequent Visitor. A central if somewhat mysterious character in the affair is Nathan Voloshen, 71. Ostensibly, Voloshen is a Maryland attorney with New York connections, but his real trade is opening doors in Washington. He was named by the SEC as the link between Sweig and Parvin/Dohrmann. For his services in making the connection, Voloshen received $50,000 from the grateful firm. When Parvin/Dohrmann Chairman Delbert Coleman sought the services of Voloshen, there was little doubt that he could produce. Voloshen's was a familiar face in the Speaker's suite, a fact attested to by Herbert...
...time; the international norm is between 15 and 20 crashes per 100,000 flying hours. One problem was that the Germans turned what had been designed as a fairweather, high-altitude interceptor into a low-altitude, multipurpose fighter-bomber and tried to fly it in the tricky weather of Central Europe. Another difficulty was that the Luftwaffe's pilots and maintenance men lacked the training and experience to handle the complicated, equipment-crammed plane. Before long, the Starfighter came to be known as the "flying coffin...
...most departments, the center will provide the advantage of combining seated laboratory facilities. In addition, it will be a central location for inter-disciplinary research...