Word: coasted
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Secretary yesterday called for an organized, nationwide protest against the provision, noting that, when the Subcommittee last summer held hearings on the Kennedy-Clark bill, only six college presidents--all from the East coast--appeared to testify. "It would be very helpful," he said, "for college presidents from all over the country to offer to testify before the Subcommittee in person...
...downgrade the U.S. to his boss. U.S. officials reasoned that Menshikov had been tailoring his reports on the U.S. so as to fit Kremlin conceptions, and that he was trying to justify his misreporting during the Khrushchev visit. When Khrushchev received a cap as a gift on the West Coast, Menshikov went into elaborate detail about the Italian hat industry's being far superior. Spotting a small cloud in the sky on a lovely Los Angeles day, Menshikov muttered to Khrushchev the Russian equivalent of "smog, smog." It was Menshikov who insisted that Khrushchev be driven through Harlem slums...
...island of Queimada Grande, off the coast of southeastern Brazil, is the kingdom of a snake called Bothrops insularis. Pit vipers related to rattlesnakes but much more poisonous, they swarm in the undergrowth, festoon the trees. They are found nowhere else in all the world, and their control of the mile-long island has not been contested since 1921, when the Brazilian government withdrew its lighthouse keepers after snakes had killed three of them and the wife of a fourth. They seem to live an ideal life, with plenty of sea birds to prey upon and no enemies...
...Southern California (3-0)-sat out the weekend, but has shown enough power in beating Pittsburgh 23-0 and Ohio State 21-0 to look like the best West Coast team in years...
...sloop trials, the Crimson has a slight edge over Holy Cross, Middlebury, Tufts, and most other entrants, but may have a hard time getting the best of the Coast Guard. The Cadets' drop to fourth place in last Sunday's preliminary on the Charles River Basin augurs well for Crimson success, however...