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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Tunis' ornate Constituent Assembly Hall to commemorate Tunisian Independence Day-the deadline for his threatened decision to lead Tunisia into neutralism or Nasserism unless the U.S. and Britain took his part against France-Bourguiba briskly reversed his field, declared, "We tell our Arab and Oriental brothers: We have chosen the West, and we will stay with the West. We must choose cooperation with the West to shut the gates of hell." For the first time since the bombing of Sakiet-Sidi-Youssef, Bourguiba even had a few good words for France: "I have always been in favor of cooperation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Explosive Olive Branch | 3/31/1958 | See Source »

Last week Corriere beat the Italian press with a Page One report by New York Correspondent Ugo Stille that NATO Commander General Lauris Norstad had chosen Italy as a site for medium-range missile bases. Through the eyes of its own 25 foreign correspondents, the mirror in Milan also reflected such stories as tension in North Africa and the Middle East, and, from Germany, Iranian Queen Soraya's reluctant progress toward a divorce (see FOREIGN NEWS). The paper bolsters its overseas coverage with 650 string correspondents and a platoon of 16 world-roving reporters known as "special envoys...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Mirror in Milan | 3/24/1958 | See Source »

...unwelcome visitors out of the world with an atomic cannon. How will the commonsensical British deal with this nonsensical problem? Author Wyndham expends the imagination and skill of a serious novelist on resolving the question. Incidentally, he gives a depressingly convincing picture of British social life. Wyndham has chosen to write about the impossible but has the talent to prove that it happened in an all-too-probable place...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Little Strangers | 3/10/1958 | See Source »

Continuing a tradition initiated by the CRIMSON in 1951, the league will divide up into two 15-man all-star teams to complete the season. The Wintergreens, selected from the squads of Winthrop, Adams, Dunster, and Eliot, will oppose the Rineharts, chosen from the four other House teams, Tuesday night, March 18, at 7 p.m. at Watson Rink...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dudley, Eliot Triumph in Hockey; Tie for Lead in House Competition | 3/4/1958 | See Source »

...note of political advice to his chosen successor. War Secretary William Howard Taft. T.R. added a last touch of the political virtuosity that had made him his enemies but had got his results. Said T.R.: "About your playing golf ... I have received literally

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HEROES: The Turning Point | 3/3/1958 | See Source »

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