Word: establishments
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Ever since the Finnish War of 1939, Zhukov had been struggling to reduce the power of the political commissars in the armed forces. Only last April he had finally succeeded in establishing the principle that the commissars must not interfere in purely military decisions. The suggestion that Zhukov was trying to establish personal dominance of the Soviet army was likely to find ready acceptance with Communist Party bureaucrats, ever fearful of a military coup. Khrushchev, having used the threat of Zhukov's military power to destroy his civilian rivals, was now appealing to the civilian majority of the Central...
...influential serious dailies, conservative Die Welt (245,000), which has on its staff some of Germany's ablest political analysts. Though Die Welt usually supports Konrad Adenauer's government, Editor in Chief Hans Zehrer often reflects the views of Hamburg's world traders that Bonn should establish closer trade and diplomatic ties with Russia and Red China (where Die Welt has its own correspondent...
...Faculty of Arts and Sciences has voted to establish a Standing Committee on Applied Mathematics. The Committee will have the power to recommend candidates for A.M. and Ph.D. degrees in Applied Mathematics. It will be formed on Dec. 1, and will begin giving degrees next year...
...beginning of his speech: President Eisenhower would soon take to the road to deliver a series of television speeches discussing the U.S. economy, the national defense program and efforts toward greater scientific achievement. The aim: to re-emphasize his "beliefs and determinations," to reassert his leadership and to re-establish the nation's confidence in itself...
HIGH HORSEPOWER is not necessarily a major cause of traffic accidents, says preliminary report to National Safety Council. Study "has failed to establish any conclusive relationship between higher horsepower and the rising traffic toll." Although horsepower boosts speed, it also "provides additional acceleration potential, which can reduce distance required for passing other vehicles, thereby contributing to accident prevention...