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...action. The crusty old spoilsman swept aside the Narcotics Bureau report, quavering, "Papers, just papers." Then he bellowed at Dunlap, "You're not fit to hold public office," and for half an hour berated him with a steady stream of vituperation heard plainly by passers-by in the corridor outside. "You are the most despicable man I ever met," he yelled. "You are a filthy, dirty liar and crook. I'm going to run you out of Washington if it's the last thing I ever do. You are crucifying an innocent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Spoilsman's Threat | 11/19/1951 | See Source »

...Corridor Echo. The West's response was quick and cold. "The most impressive point, as far as I am concerned," said Dean Acheson, "is Mr. Vishinsky's statement that facts are stubborn things, because he wrestled with facts for two hours and lost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UNITED NATIONS: The Snickerers | 11/19/1951 | See Source »

...Next, in a workmanlike series of compromises, it was agreed that the conference site at Panmunjom should be protected by a neutral zone 1,000 yards (about five-eighths of a mile) in radius, that three-mile radius circles around Kaesong and Munsan and a 400-meter (438-yard) corridor along the access roads should be free from hostile attack. Finally, the Reds accepted the U.N. assurance that flights over the protected zones would be limited "insofar as practicable." The U.N. is putting up orange, cerise and yellow balloons over the site to mark it by day, and searchlight beams...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CEASE-FIRE: Resumption | 10/29/1951 | See Source »

...small courtyard. Between each of the huddled houses were two separate walls. This proves, says Dr. Braidwood, that the Jarmoites had a well-developed sense of private property. The village apparently had its big shots too. One house was much larger than the others, with six rooms and a corridor. It probably belonged to a priest or chief...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: The Earliest Farmers | 10/22/1951 | See Source »

...Smith was an unassuming man with horn-rimmed glasses and a shifty voice. When asked if Curley was moving out of the building, he took us down a back corridor, opening door after door, and saying, "Look, look in there, there are eighteen rooms and they're all empty. The only reason we're here is to take care of Mr. Curley's mail, see? But look at these rooms, empty, all empty...

Author: By Philip M. Cronin and Samuel B. Potter, S | Title: Cabbages and Kings | 10/6/1951 | See Source »

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