Word: eastern
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...secession from the N.C.A.A., which has been brewing for several years, reached the point of probability last week when the midwestern league and the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference took directly opposing stands on the television controversy...
...acceptance of a new attitude does not assure success, of course. The Administration faces many obstacles in its effort to reduce the Far eastern crisis to manageable proportions. The Chinese communists have responded to the President's patience with contempt-once again they may have confused American desires for conciliation with weakness. The Chinese have apparently increased their preparations for an eventual assault on Formosa despite the American seventh Fleet patrol in the Formosa straits, and the dangers of an explosive incident are all too obvious. Although the Administration undoubtedly regards the new treaty with Chiang as purely defensive, there...
...road" philosophy too often has encouraged the Administration to sit on the fence. But the "middle of the road" approach, avoiding the extremes of appeasement and sabre-rattling, is the only way in which the United States can hope to emerge successfully from the tangle of Far eastern problems. President Eisenhower has demonstrated both courage and foresight. Above all, he has given Americans new confidence in his capacity for thoughtful leadership...
Lying north of Australia, New Guinea, an island the size of Scandinavia, is populated by an unknown number of fuzzy-haired tribesmen who have no idea of government. The eastern half of New Guinea is ruled by Australia; who should rule the western half was in grave dispute last week. West New Guinea, a strategic prize, may also become economically important when oil and mineral discoveries are properly developed...
...projected "Eastern NATO" might change some titles but no facts. All satellite forces are already effectively under Russian control. In Poland a Russian marshal is Defense Minister and chief of the armed forces. In Hungary and Bulgaria the Defense Ministers were once colonels in the Red army. All satellite armies have copied the Red army's uniforms, adopted its doctrine and tactics, depend on Russia for their major arms...