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...force moved in. the pretext for Soviet intervention would vanish. But the conditions that made the threat possible-the hatreds and tensions, the obvious advantage to the Kremlin of involving the West in a drawn-out and profitless war there-remain...
Secretary Benson had cause to smile; the decision meant victory for the department in a long, drawn-out discussion with the State Department. Benson is eager to export Commodity Credit Corp. cotton at attractive prices and has felt prods from similarly inclined cotton growers and Congressmen. The State Department, sensitive to pleas from fretful cotton countries, e.g., Egypt, Peru, Mexico, advised holding back the surplus lest it ruin the market and upset the economies of friendly countries...
...dozen curtain calls. Critical reaction ranged from Svenska Dagbladet's "One of the most powerful realistic dramas written in this century," to the Morgan-Tidningen's "The most gripping picture of hell that has ever been seen in the theater." But one first-nighter grumbled that "Such drawn-out, detailed probing of personalities can only keep the interest of somebody personally involved." Another offered a new title for the O'Neill opus: Four Acts in Search of a Play...
...compensated his wife, to whom some of the land originally belonged, with a bottle of perfume. Straightforward, witty and courteous, Segni is more at home in the classroom or the law court than in the back rooms of Italian politics. He is not a robust man, yet, in the drawn-out bargaining and bickering process that constitutes Cabinetmaking in Italy, he surprised his countrymen by his persistence, toughness and adroitness...
...remedy: breathing into a sealed paper bag through a hole cut to fit the hiccupper's mouth-a prescription she once got from a doctor. She also mentioned her own time-tested therapy, "even better than that of the doctor": repeatedly emptying the lungs by exhaling in long drawn-out breaths. Last week, good Presbyterian Goodman got a letter from the Vatican's Secretariat of State. The note from Rome expressed the Pontiff's "appreciation and gratitude for your thoughtful message" and added that "His Holiness gladly invoked upon the sender abundant Heavenly favors and blessings...