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DURING the turbulent fortnight preceding President Eisenhower's declaration that "a world of open societies" is a major U.S. goal, many voices in the West bemoaned the strategic disadvantages of an open society in competition with a closed, authoritarian society. In justifying the null need to send U25 flying over Russia, U.S. spokesmen repeatedly pointed to the great advantage of secrecy that Iron Curtains bestow7-almost as if Iron Curtains were something to envy. Temporarily forgotten was the balancing fact that closed societies have their competitive disadvantages, too-and open societies their competitive advantages...
...fact was that Librium, like all powerful drugs from digitalis to cortisone, can indeed be dangerous unless given in carefully controlled doses, with the patient under close watch. Before a psychiatrists' round table a fortnight ago, Dr. Murray conceded that he had been dosing his office patients heavily, sometimes with 75 milligrams a day. Said Round-Table Chairman Anthony Sainz, research chief of New York's Marcy State Hospital: "All of us who heard Dr. Murray thought the side effects were the result of giving too high a dose and lack of control in administering it. The recommended...
Logistics. Premier Ben-Gurion is no novice Bible scholar; in 1956 he organized a Bible study circle, which included several eminent scholars who met at his house in Jerusalem every other Saturday. Scheduled to speak before the Tel Aviv Journalists' Association on a nonpolitical topic last fortnight, Ben-Gurion happily turned to his longstanding concern about Moses' problem in logistics...
...With surprising ease, Bally Ache sprinted to a four-length victory in the 84th Preakness at Baltimore's Pimlico to gladden the hearts of the syndicate that had bought him for $1,250,000 a fortnight ago. Kentucky Derby Winner Venetian Way floundered home fifth...
...protests came swiftly against Woolworth's policies. Among the first to speak was Florida A. & M. College Student Barbara Broxton, 20, released from jail a fortnight ago after serving 48 days on a trespassing conviction arising from a sit-in at a Woolworth lunch counter in Tallahassee. Brought to the meeting by the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), Barbara said: "I speak for the Southern students. We will fight because we are right. I've been in jail, and I'm willing to go back if necessary." The Rev. Thomas Carlisle, pastor of Watertown's Stone...