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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...recognize the historic tasks placed on their shoulders, namely, to be the guardian of freedom in the world . . . But I should like to say here, in all frankness, that I think the situation is very serious, and that for many years it has not been more difficult than it is now . . . Germany is immediately and directly in danger, bi you are also in danger, my dear friends over here in the U.S.A...
...reassured and relieved that the U.S. still seeks the reunification of Germany within the free world "by means of free elections." Adenauer and Dulles formally agreed: "Until the Soviet government puts an end to the brutal and unnatural division which it has imposed on Germany, it will be difficult to place credence in the promises and pledges of the Soviet gevernment." An aide reflected his chief's delight at this significant boost to Adenauer's prestige at home: "That means that reunification comes first for the U.S. It is by far the strongest position yet taken...
...cause of ileitis is unknown (even the tubercle bacillus was once indicted, now dysentery bacteria are suspected), and the disease is probably commoner than was believed until recently, because it is difficult to diagnose. Emotional disturbances are often prominent features: anxiety, tension and irritability. One authority recommends lowering emotional tension by "leaves of absence from college or business, or by the solution of marital problems...
...This is almost out of the question with uranium reactors, but the "magnetic bottle" of the thermonuclear reactor is electrical to start with. "If we shall have learned," said Teller, "how to confine a plasma of considerable pressure by a magnetic field, then it should not be too difficult to extract energy from the plasma by varying the magnetic field...
...nation must find 16 new teachers between now and 1965 for every ten teachers presently on the job, and on the college level it must find between 16 and 25 new ones by 1970 for every ten presently employed. Finding any teachers--qualified or not--has become a difficult enough task these days. It would hardly seen sensible to start a recruitment campaign for more by discharging a large number of Negro teachers. But it would seem equally fool-hardy to accept the unqualified Negro teachers and allow educational standards to sink to the lowest common denominator in integrated schools...