Word: followed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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FROM The Hague, Israel Shenlker, TIME correspondent in the Benelux countries, reported early last summer that Russia's great violinist, David Oistrakh, might go on a Western tour, including the U.S. Asked to follow up the story, Shenker took a direct approach. "I picked up the phone," he said, "and asked the Dutch operator to get me Oistrakh, a violinist in Moscow...
Long radio waves can be used to send code and voice across the oceans because they are deflected downward by ionized layers in the atmosphere, and therefore follow the curve of the earth. They cannot be used for television chiefly because they do not offer a wide enough band of frequencies. The shorter waves, including those that are used for TV, pass through the ionized layer and are lost in space...
...Government contracts. Instead of the previous 6% differential, the Interior Department will award future contracts only to foreign firms that underbid U.S. companies in surplus labor areas by 12% or more. The Defense Department and General Services Administration, which do most of the business with overseas firms, will probably follow the new ground rules...
England has 56 students here, most of whom are in the Business School and the College. China and Germany follow with 43 and 36. France and India tie for fifth with 35 students each...
...poll asked students to rate the dining halls' main courses in order of preference. William A. Heamon, Manager of the College Dining Halls, had agreed to follow the poll's recommendations wherever possible by scheduling popular meals more often and discontinuing others...