Word: deeps
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...other hand, the U.N. is now especially vulnerable to any Russian diplomatic double-dealing which has a plausible appearance of honesty. In the hubbub over the Korean peace talks, the major U.S. allies have shown their hopeful conviction that the deep gulf between the free world and the Communists can now be bridged by a round-table discussion. The U.S. is trying to persuade the British and others that Communists, on their record, are apt to be insincere negotiators...
...Deep Defense. A second course of action is being widely discussed, and its most articulate spokesman is Atomic Scientist Robert Oppenheimer. In the current issue of Foreign Affairs, Oppenheimer sees the U.S. and Russia approaching the position of "two scorpions in a bottle," calls for a heroic effort to construct a deep new U.S. air defense system. Some U.S. airmen sharply challenge Oppenheimer on two grounds: 1) no conceivable air defense can be complete; 2) Oppenheimer's accent on defense implies a relaxing of the U.S. strategic air arm, the only weapon the U.S. has for carrying a retaliatory...
Anderson's order seemed effectively timed. At big Deep South Naval installations like the Charleston Navy Yard, it came on the heels of an announcement of general employment cutbacks-at a time when any would-be troublemakers are likely to keep quiet, to keep their jobs...
...nation where democracy has yet to sink its roots deep. 33 million Germans are eligible to vote, and probably 80% of them will. They will elect 484 deputies to the Bundestag, but to most of them the issue is simpler than that. The issue is Ja or Nein for the man whom Winston Churchill has called the greatest German statesman since Bismarck: Konrad Adenauer. Adenauer himself believes that the "fate of Europe, the fate of Germany, the fate of our Christian civilization depends on the outcome of September 6." There is much in what he says...
...turned out to be from a researcher working for Manhattan's Batten, Barton, Durstine & Osborn Inc. The message: "Dr. Mead, we are conducting worldwide research into the smoking habits of Americans. Would you be good enough to indicate if you smoke, and if so, what brand?" Taking a deep breath, Anthropologist Mead answered: "Not interested,"* and hung up. Six days later, when the weather moderated, Dr. Mead was able to get a boat back to her own research...