Word: difficult
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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WHEN Premier Ben-Gurion appeared on TIME'S cover on Aug. 16, 1948, it was as the head of the newly created state of Israel, victorious in battle over the Arab armies but facing all the uncertainties of a predictably difficult future. On Jan. 16, 1956 Ben-Gurion was on TIME'S cover again, back from a brief retirement to lead his nation at another moment of crisis, "a headlong man in a hurry," "a prophet who packs a pistol." This week, as David Ben-Gurion stood at the center of the diplomatic negotiations over the Middle East...
...difficult to see, barring accidents, miracles, or a strange compassion on the part of Kiphuth, how the varsity can hope to score more than 25 points, leaving the Elis with at least 61. And if things go really badly, it is entirely conceivable that the Crimson might be shut out in every event but the dive...
Larry Sears will be the third man on the varsity squad and also could do very well in the tournament. He lost only one match in the course of the season and his clever game, which has a deceptive mixture of touch, power and psychology, could be difficult for any opponent to handle...
...Crimson moreover figures doubly in Dartmouth's title aspirations, of the two games left that Dartmouth must win, the more difficult and crucial one is tonight against the very same Harvard five. Thus, although the varsity league record is a mediocre 6-6, good for only fifth place, it can play the determining role in deciding the league championship...
...would be difficult to decide who among the actors themselves deserves the greatest praise--they are all good. Certainly the work of Colgate Salsbury, who plays Green Eyes, is better than it has ever been before. His every gesture, even the way he stands, proclaim the agony of the illiterate murderer's efforts to express himself. In his hands, Green Eyes lives as the "crumbling monument" which Genet intended...