Word: cons
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Phyllis Kinney-Evans and Helen Raisz sang the light and exuberant duets, "Chiome d'Oro" and "Chime, Dov'e Il Mie Ben," with stylistic insight. The dramatic interplay of three instrumental choirs distinguished the song, "Con Che Seavita," tastefully sung by Miss Kinney-Evans...
...general circulation in the Communist world after World War II was chopped off with the suddenness of ax strokes. As the Kremlin seized con trol of one country after another, our circulation department went through the motions of informing readers in those countries that we were canceling their subscriptions unless otherwise notified. We were rarely notified. Early in 1949, when the Communists consolidated their hold on the Chinese main land, our Hong Kong bureau cabled an urgent warning to stop sending TIME to some 1,450 Chinese subscribers. "Cut them off, or they'll have something else...
...admits that China and the United States came breathlessly close to war in 1954, when Chou Enlai's own brand of "brinkmanship" succeeded in "stretching the peace in Asia almost to the breaking-point," he confidently assures the reader that Peking has since reversed its policy to one of con...
Braucher and Schlesinger will give arguments pro and con, respectively, on the topic, "Resolved, That the Present Administration's Record Warrants Eisenhower's Re-election...
Spotty Spotters. But some thought that total freedom was unwise. "Most college freshmen, at 17, aren't secure enough to tolerate the absence of intellectual con trols without anxiety," said Psychologist Weir. Added Caltech's George Beadle: "Isn't there a fallacy in complete freedom? Most of us have to have a push to get things done." M.I.T.'s Soderberg: "Since our students are relatively immature at the beginning of college, completely unrestricted freedom probably can't be applied until the third year...