Word: dispersionism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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A string of angry little insurrections-some of them with the support of dissidents in the armed forces-flared across Venezuela last week. They were speedily quenched by Colonel Marcos Pérez Jiménez and his ruling military junta. The timing and dispersion suggested that a projected nationwide...
So far, industrial dispersion has been on a voluntary basis. Nevertheless, some cities have drawn up their own plans. In Seattle, Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. last week announced plans for an auxiliary long-distance center "15 miles from the present headquarters. But after Jan. i, the Government will put on...
Steaming off the North Korean east-coast port of Hungnam last week, her 5-in. guns blasting at enemy installations, the U.S. destroyer Ernest G. Small (2,400 tons) hit a mine. Holed below the waterline in a forward compartment, the Small made Kure, Japan, under her own power, but...
"When I was a seminary student 40 years ago," says Finkelstein, "it seemed so clear to us that our faith could not survive here that we even wondered for what purpose in the Divine Economy the Jews had been brought to the New World." The ghetto and the pogrom had...
Titania's close resemblance to diamonds is due to its index of refraction, i.e., its ability to bend light rays. This property makes a stone glitter. Diamond's index of refraction is extremely high: 2.42. Titania's index is higher: 2.62 to 2.90. Even more important is...