Word: commissioner
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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The fighting commenced formally, like a duel. The Israeli Foreign Office handed a warning to the U.N. Commission. A few hours later the Israeli army announced it was taking "steps to prevent the Egyptians from continuing aggressive action." The evening of the same day Jewish forces attacked Gaza from the...
The fact-finding commission of the Organization of American States flew back to Washington last week with a locker full of documents and depositions. Then, after six hours, the O.A.S. Council announced its findings on the invasion of Costa Rica from Nicaragua (TIME, Dec. 20).
Not everyone finds this production flood a cause for cheering. Three months ago, the Federal Communications Commission called a halt to new transmitter construction (TIME, Oct. 11), partly from the conviction that the industry should get along for a while without new stations and take a breathing spell.
Most of the class looked at the problem with dejection, but the tall, skinny boy with unruly blond hair started scratching on a piece of paper. In five minutes he had the correct answer. This week the smart boy, now 34-year-old Professor Kenneth S. Pitzer of the University...
Problems of Chemistry. Dr. Pitzer's youth is no handicap in the still-young world of atomic energy, but the fact that he is a chemist rather than a physicist may surprise a good many scientists. The AEC's official explanation is that the work of the commission...