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Dates: during 1950-1959
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The proposal soon ran into trouble for two reasons: 1) the Russians demanded veto power over the makeup and movements of inspection teams on Russian territory, thus rendering inspection worthless; 2) U.S. scientists discovered that they had seriously overestimated the ability of inspectors to detect underground explosions. Alarmed by the...
"There are enough teeth in the new law to insure its success," Walter H. Nolan, Executive Secretary of the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, said yesterday. His commission will enforce compliance with the bill through meetings with landlords, investigations of complaints, and public hearings.
One of Thompson's patrons was Serge Koussevitsky who, for so many modern American composers, was a source of both income and inspiration. Koussevitsky, Thompson recalls, "had a genius for challenging you into writing a work. It was at his insistance that I composed, on extremely short notice, a chorus...
Ever since the Federal Power Commission set out eleven years ago to regulate the nation's 3,000-odd independent natural gas producing companies (those not owning their own pipelines), a battle has raged over the question: What is a fair profit for independents? Last week the FPC finally...
Three members of the University staff yesterday warned against the influence that the Atomic Energy Commission and the Defense Department have acquired in determining national policy. The three recently signed a statement supporting the Geneva talks on halting nuclear testing.