Word: eastern
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...this autumn, Japan's peppery Premier Shigeru Yoshida, taking time off from the rough and tumble of Japanese politics to make a good-will tour, hurried to the Waldorf-Astoria suite of General Douglas MacArthur, whom he had not seen since the general was relieved of his Far Eastern command job in 1951. Before retiring for a private, hour-long chat, the two posed beamingly for photographers, whom MacArthur told to caption their pictures: "Two old friends." This week Yoshida's plans called for a mission to Washington, where he was expected to hold out his hand...
...barren lands flow with milk and honey. But as the warm temperature moves northward, its shift produces unpleasant as well as pleasant effects. Last week Dr. Rene Pomerleau, of the Canadian government's forest pathology laboratory, warned that birch forests are dying all over northern New England and eastern Canada. After a few seasons of unusually high soil temperatures, the trees die back at the tops. Already, said Pomerleau, much timber has been affected. If the dying trees are not harvested soon, fungi will destroy them...
...just-published book, Aspects of Chinese Painting (Macmillan; $7.50), Alan Priest, Far Eastern expert of Manhattan's Metropolitan Museum, explains: "The Chinese look upon natural things with an eye and feeling more intimate than is common to the West. The scholar seated under the ancient pine looking out upon the lofty hills is not alone; he is part of them, and they...
Angeles Rams, 27-24. And the week before, they dropped a big one to San Francisco's Forty-Niners, 31-37. There are some tough games left to win before the Lions are home free. In the Eastern division, the N.F.L. race is remarkably close. Four Clubs (New York, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Cleveland) are fighting it out for the lead; every one of them is a dangerous contender. The happy truth is that all twelve teams in the league-are loaded with talent. Pro football this year is having one of its best seasons ever...
...Angeles, San Francisco, Detroit, Chicago, Baltimore and Green Bay in the Western Conference; Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, New York, Cleveland, Chicago and Washington in the Eastern Conference...