Word: frontier
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Paris summit meeting and launch a series of crises that continued beyond the Administration of Dwight Eisenhower through the first year of John Kennedy's New Frontier. Only in recent weeks had there seemed to be signs of thaw-and the Powers-Abel exchange was certainly the most dramatic evidence to date of that thaw. There was a further meaning to the exchange. Although the U.S. under Eisenhower had admitted the purpose of Powers' flight over the Soviet Union, Russia had never so much as admitted that Abel existed. The trade of the two men last week...
...Premier, Hussein chose a tough ex-army officer, Wasfi Tal, 41, who promptly gathered an entirely new Jordanian team, including six graduates from such institutions as Yale and Princeton. Like the King, he was obviously impressed by Washington. Said Wasfi fal: "We are beginning a New Frontier for Jordan...
Linking Two Frontiers. That was in February 1912. This month, as Arizona celebrates its 50th anniversary as a state, Work Horse Hayden celebrates his 50th year in the U.S. Congress-an alltime record. A Senator for the last 35 years, he rarely speaks on the floor, avoids newsmen as if they were lepers, hardly ever appears in headlines. He is chairman of the powerful Appropriations Committee and, as the Senate's president pro tempore, third in succession to the presidency. Bald, stooped Carl Hayden, 84, is a congressional institution-and a last link between the New Frontier...
When Sheriff Hayden arrived in Washington as Arizona's first Representative, he early established himself as a faithful party man; from Wilson's New Freedom, through F.D.R.'s New Deal and Harry Truman's Fair Deal to John Kennedy's New Frontier, Carl Hayden has generally voted straight down the Democratic line. Most of his work is in committee-and in taking care of the folks back in Arizona. He has a reputation for quick, effective replies to constituents' letters. Through his efforts and his influence on the Appropriations Committee, Arizona has received vast...
...that Menon has neglected to build up India's border defenses. While he and Nehru refuse to give details to Parliament, on the ground that such information would be useful to the Chinese, one fact is clear: north India's population centers are far closer to the frontier than Red China's big cities, but the Chinese have built more roads to the Himalayan passes than the Indians. Most frontier areas can be reached from the Indian side only by muleback or helicopter. India's defensive position would be far better if it were to make...