Word: eastern
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Foreign Policy: A month ago there were widespread fears that the Republican Administration was leading the U.S. into war over a hunk of rock named Quemoy. As of last week the Administration's Far Eastern stand was by no means considered a political success, but the on-again-off-again cease-fire had brought a general easing of tension...
Edwin O. Reischauer, director of the Center for Far Eastern Studies, noted that "any of us interested in non-Western geography will be happy to see the Department instituted. It would supplement our courses and help students learn about parts of the world not normally covered in history courses...
...making their decision, the citizens must remember that Walden is not what it once was. For years the eastern shore has been a rather shabby public bathing beach, and the spirit of Thoreau in the glades of the western shore has been supplanted by a land speculator named Kavacas, who throws parties at his summer house there. And, in the summer months at least, the woods now are more full of frolicking couples than of the furred or feathered wild-life...
...they sold off their Fort Pitt clothing and beer business for $3,000,000 plus a hefty beer royalty from the new brewery owners. With Seeburg's cash position in shape, they were able to pay off their bank debts for the original Fort Pitt deal -and buy Eastern Electric Inc.'s electrical cigarette vending machine business...
...succeed the late Cardinal Stritch as chief of all Catholic missions, is the church's top expert on the Mideast and Communism. His Russian-Armenian origin, which militates against his choice, in another respect weighs in his favor: his election would greatly impress Russians and other Eastern peoples...