Word: conduction
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Whatever the explanation for the withdrawal, one thing was certain: it was no victory for the French. For a loss of a few hundred men, the Communists had gained control of a piece of land almost the size of New England. In Paris, criticism of the government's conduct of the war was harsh. Leading French administrators, e.g., Saar Ambassador Gilbert Grandyal, were shying away from service in the crumbling Associated States. But last week Premier Rene Mayer nonetheless found a new and promising commander in chief for Indo-China: General Henri Eugene Navarre, oldtime cavalryman and armored-force...
...also a great one for man-to-man chats with his sons, wearing down their spirits with his hearty bullying ("Either this is my house or it's not"). For Mr. Nicholas had very strict notions about family conduct, though they did not keep him from dashing off on an occasional weekend with a woman known as "Pussy." As for his wife, "he was fond of her in the way that he might have been fond of something inanimate, like a useful...
...would like to present to you . . . with fairly broad strokes, what I consider the sensible framework . . . [for] an ever more effective posture of defense." Quickly he came to the heart of his defense-security philosophy: "I have always firmly believed that there is a great logic in the conduct of military affairs. There is an equally great logic in economic affairs. If these two logical disciplines can be wedded, it is then possible to create a situation of maximum military strength within economic capacities...
...Because he cannot teach and conduct and still find time to compose music, Composer Paul Hindemith. 57, will leave Yale University. But for one more year he will continue to teach at the University of Zurich in Switzerland...
...Bowers decision must remember that it does not deny an investigating committee the right to ask questions which are not pertinent to the subject matter under inquiry. All that it holds is that the witness who refuses to respond to such questions is not guilty of criminal conduct. That holding, though limited, should not be overlooked by persons who are concerned with the impact of congressional investigations on American universities. Mark DeW. Howe...