Word: elevens
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Premier Hatoyama to Moscow for the purpose of signing a pact normalizing relations between the two nations. Russia agrees to postpone discussion of the territorial issue . . ." This made it fairly certain that a deal would go through, that Russia will soon have an embassy in Tokyo, and that Japan, eleven years after defeat, will get a seat in the U.N. (four times vetoed by the U.S.S.R.). Federenko's answer seemed to blast all hope of keeping Hatoyama safe in Tokyo. As he got his weekly haircut, the Premier remarked cheerfully: "I probably will need only one more before going...
...Professional experts argue whether drastic brain surgery (such as lobotomy) is justified in severe mental illness. Two British psychiatrists decided to ask the patients themselves and their relatives. Of 103 patients, 66 were glad to have had the operation, 23 had no opinion, eleven regretted it, and three thought it a great mistake. Among 93 relatives reached, 72 rated the patient better off, ten un changed, eleven thought him worse...
...having trouble lining up a large enough faculty; most of the men he wanted had never heard of Michigan State. A good football team, the president reasoned, would at least bring recognition. "If it meant the betterment of Michigan State," said Hannah then, "our football team would play any eleven gorillas from Barnum & Bailey any Saturday...
...nation reduced by the war to 60% of its territory, while its population swelled from 72 million to 89 million people, the Japanese economy has been bursting at the seams. In eleven years Japan has doubled its prewar industrial output, far outdistanced its peak wartime production years. Japan's phenomenal recovery has been due largely 1) U.S. Government procurement orders, and 2) soaring exports, notably of cheap textiles and heavy machinery. Last week Japan's biggest industrial manufacturer. Hitachi Ltd., landed two fat new orders from India and Formosa for $830,000 worth of hydroelectric equipment and transformers...
...hard as it may be for Harvard fans to believe, the Crimson was not upset by little Tufts on Saturday. Instead, the well-balanced Jumbos, as poised in the second half as the most experienced Ivy League football team, soundly defeated a sluggish-looking Crimson eleven...