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...history-making Schuman Plan to pool West Europe's coal & steel resources -little more than a dream two years ago, a far-off scheme initialed by six hesitant foreign ministers a year ago-became a fact. Already ratified by France, Germany and the Benelux nations, it was approved by Italy, sixth and final member...
...shame that the schedulemakers had to locate today's Harvard-Williams lacrosse game in far-off Williamstown. The Ephmen, almost as much as the Elimen, are the Crimson's "objective" opponent, and the game is generally one of the best of the year...
...different definition of a loyal Methodist. By the time he went to the seminary, he had decided that aggressive good works were more important in a Christian than theological niceties. He found few to agree with him. "Preachers," he recalls, "were supposed to stick to religious topics . . . In that far-off day, a chief social doctrine about God was that the Lord helps those who help themselves...
...rising against the yoke of French imperialism. In France itself, Communists and fellow travelers loudly berated "the dirty war," sneered at their countrymen who returned from the Indo-China theater, and sabotaged arms shipments to the French forces -then only a few thousand professional soldiers defending blockhouses in a far-off jungle against an elusive, nearly invisible enemy. Frenchmen had little interest in Indo-China until De Lattre helped persuade them that it was important...
Largely due to a State House speech that rang more strikingly in millions of American ears than the far-off splashing of the Boston tea party, Gen. and Mrs. MacArthur received a tumultuous greeting from toe to heel of Massachusetts...