Word: containment
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...north. Trained as a lawyer, and a member of Parliament since 1935, Karamanlis early showed his mettle. When John Metaxas padlocked Parliament and declared himself dictator, he summoned Karamanlis and offered him a Cabinet post. Karamanlis looked Metaxas squarely in the eye and said: "Mister Premier, all dictatorships contain the sperm of death. They are doomed from the beginning, as will be yours. I think it might be better if you got some .older men to work with you." (Metaxas replied equably: "Young man, I think you're right...
...their chosen sports. But the subterfuge never appealed to Kansas Runner Wes Santee. Fastest miler in U.S. history (4:00.5), Wes was out to make his way from his speed on the track-and he cared not who knew what he was doing. Rarely did his expense accounts contain the creative writing and fantastic arithmetic of the standard swindle sheet. When Wes bulldozed track meet promoters into paying him far more than amateur rules permit, he usually listed the extra payments openly in his accounting for the Amateur Athletic Union. Said he: "These expense rules are for Joe Blows...
...Steel Co. announced that they will build, near Marquette, Mich., the nation's first big jasper-mining and processing project. At peak production the Marquette plants will grind some 6,000,000 tons of jasper yearly, convert it into 3,000,000 tons of walnut-sized pellets that contain 60% iron...
...play lacks excitement, it does, on the other hand, contain a huge and difficult role--that of King Richard II himself. Shakespeare presented Richard as a man with considerable personal charm and as a monarch more interested in the trappings of kingship than in its responsibilities. Yet after his deposition by Bolingbroke he achieves tragic stature. D.J. Sullivan's interpretation of Richard captures the weaknesses of the man but does not sufficiently emphasize his final strength. His impression of the king is correctly fickle and full of self-pity, yet at the end Richard emerges more intense and nervous than...
Architects for the Radcliffe graduate quadrangle now under construction have completed final drawings for the refectory, President Wilbur K. Jordan has announced. The refectory is the second building of the quadrangle to be constructed and will contain dining facilities for the graduate school as well as housing for approximately 40 students...