Word: directed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Russians, inveterate wire tappers at home, have taken their listening-in habits to Western Europe. "See that dial phone?" said a harassed official at the U.S. Legation in Vienna last week. "It's a direct outside line, but I can't get a single number on it the first time I dial. The second time I invariably get right through. The first dialing serves to alert a monitor. He then sees to it that I get good service while he listens...
...Foundation, as blueprinted, will mobilize 24 top U.S. scientists, who will direct and promote, through grants, loans and scholarships, basic research in all fields of science. Specified by the bill were special commissions for research on cancer, poliomyelitis and heart diseases, and a special division of national defense. Suggested (but not appropriated) by the Congress, as an appropriate annual payroll: $23 million-far short of the $122 million sought in Dr. Bush's original plan for the Foundation...
Faced with the first direct complaints of aggression in U.N. history, the Security Council could not reach a decision yesterday and will try again today to answer Australia's demand to stop war in Indonesia, and Greek "aggression" charges against Albania, Yugoslavia, and Bulgaria. The Dutch, who, with American-made weapons, were gobbling up huge chunks of the Indonesian Republic yesterday, prevented a vote to stop hostilities by claiming that the U.N. charter "was not applicable...
Despite a record number of applications, the total number of College entrants coming direct from high school this fall will be lightly less than average, Richard M. Gummere, chairman of the Committee on Admissions, said yesterday...
Speaking with Tongues. Each Sunday the Shakers gathered in meeting to receive the direct inspiration of the Lord without benefit of clergy. They executed complicated marches and dances, sang impromptu songs, some of which have been jotted down. Sample...