Word: effective
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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EVER since the first H-bomb explosion (TIME, April 12, 1954), the world has become increasingly worried about the effect of radioactive fallout on the health of the human race. The question of stopping or limiting the testing of nuclear weapons is not purely scientific. It is also a military and moral problem, but most of the pertinent facts are scientific. For the opinions of the world's scientists on this disquieting matter, see SCIENCE, How Dangerous Are the Bomb Tests...
...warning to G.O.P. foot-draggers. In backing Republican candidates in 1958, he said, he would show a lot more "enthusiasm" for "people that stand with me" than for "those that stand against me." This was a big turnabout from the week before when he had said, in effect, that Old Guard Republicans could snipe at his programs and still be sure of the same kind of boost from him at election time as his loyal supporters...
Military Aid. The U.S. offers aid to bolster the common U.S. and free-world defenses by supporting the military forces of allied nations. Already the U.S. has mutual-security treaties with 42 nations; since 1950 the U.S. has spread out $17 billion in direct military assistance to such good effect that the allies have spent $107 billion of their own on the common defense. (In 1950 U.S. allies had 500 jet aircraft; now they have 13,000.) The military program provides not only for direct purchases of military hardware but for aid to create a sound logistic base (e.g., supply...
...kind of case that turns up in all courts the world over, but because Nationalist China and the United States have never negotiated a status-of-forces agreement for the 2,000 American military men on Formosa, soldiers in effect enjoy extraterritorial rights. So Chinese newspapermen, covering a murder case unrelated to military action, found themselves in the unfamiliar atmosphere of an army court-martial. They did not like...
Reconstruction. The conquering generals quickly sought expert economic advice from Raul Prebisch, who was general manager of the Central Bank before Perón. Almost at once they scrapped IAPI, devalued the peso. Farmers were again able to keep, with some exceptions, what their -exported crops earned. The effect: a fattened peso return for agriculture. Planting and animal breeding zoomed. The cattle population is up from a low of 40 million to 49 million, i.e., 2½ head for every Argentine v. one-half in the U.S. This year's wheat harvest was 36% greater than last year...