Word: fifteens
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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France Alone. Fifteen months ago, France's De Gaulle opened his demands that NATO have responsibility for coordinating Western policy all around the world. Instead of confining itself to averting Soviet aggression in Europe, he argued, NATO should bind its members to support one another's interests everywhere-and specifically to support France in revolt-torn Algeria. To frame common NATO policy, De Gaulle suggested the formation of a three-power superdirectorate composed of the U.S., Britain and France...
...Fifteen Harvard Clubs will hold luncheons during the Christmas holidays, Daniel S. Cheever, Director of University Alumni Affairs, said yesterday. All enrolled members of the College and the graduate schools may attend these luncheons, which feature films showing the highlights of the football season and a speaker from the University...
...might in any way impede the operation, I made an incision . . . nine inches in length . . . extending into the cavity of the abdomen . . . The tumor then appeared full in view, but was so large that we could not take it away entire . . . We cut open the tumor [and] took out fifteen pounds of a dirty, gelatinous substance. After which we cut through the Fallopian tube, and extracted the sack, which weighed seven pounds and a half . . . The operation was completed in about 25 minutes. We then turned her upon her left side, so as to permit the blood to escape; after...
...week, was familiar with Chinese, Armenian, French, and Greek food. He read The Autobiography of Alice B. Tolkas, U.S.A., all of Marlowe's plays, Jane Eyre, To the Lighthouse, and a book by Erich Fromm. He was vastly impressed by Gertrude Stein's fear, at the age of fifteen, that soon she would have no more books to read...
...question to each: "Which political party do you think serves the interest of your group best?" The May answers showed a dramatic drop in Republican popularity, most notably a 9% decline among business and professional people. When Gallup popped the same question this month, he got a surprising response. Fifteen percent of the unskilled workers (against 11% in May), 16% of the skilled workers (18% in May), and 20% of the farmers (no change) said they prefer the Republicans. But the biggest change of heart was taking place in the ranks of the white-collar workers and among business...