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Porfirio Rubirosa has held his job at the Dominican Republic's Paris embassy long enough to fray many a pair of striped pants, and the job has been good to him. In a typical workday (lately as minister counselor), he might play polo at Deauville, or catch the races at Auteuil. Evenings, unless he happened to be spreading joy in Cannes or Monte Carlo, he usually liked to start early at Maxim...
...Marshall, has this to say: "To my mind, there is no doubt of the critical and decisive nature of Dean's holding action outside Taejon. He carried out the maneuver under the worst possible conditions, was forced to feed his green forces piecemeal into the fray, but he succeeded in stopping the Communists. If the Communists had had a clear right of way to Pusan, the war would have ended right there. There is no doubt that this was one of the. great pivotal points of the war. Personally, I feel that Dean has become one of the truly...
With a revamped lineup and a steady stream of substitutions, the Crimson kept the Bruin goal under fire throughout the fray, taking a total of 24 shots while the opposition managed to get way with a more eight...
...hazard's involved in goal post grappling are considerable from the student's point of view. The avid fan may finally crawl out of the fray tomorrow proudly displaying a toothpick-like object, only to discover that his wallet full of cash, dance tickets, and vital memorabilia has been filched...
Italy, which lost Trieste by the World War II peace treaty, claims the entire territory, and its claim was formally backed by the U.S., Britain and France in 1948. Trieste, a stirring emotional symbol to all Italians, threatened to fray Italy's ties to the Western coalition and block her participation in the proposed European Army. But diplomatic soundings in Rome suggested that Italy might now be persuaded to settle...