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...Russia. Undoubtedly it is wise to move carefully--to study Stalin's statement thoroughly, in terms of both its phrasing and its timing. But this study should be to determine the nature of the negotiations, not whether they ought to be attempted. So long as there is the slightest glimmer of a possibility that the Russians may be seriously interested in casing the present tension, then they should be given a chance to do so. And certainly such a glimmer exists, at the very least. So let us find out just what Stalin has in mind. Let us launch...
...Social Sciences aren't complex; only their terminology is confusing. The cards have been shuffled and there is a glimmer of hope that general principles will soon appear," he said...
There was little to do after that. On Sunday, at the closing session, Gailmor in stentorian tones intoned the platform text to the delegates. Several innocuous amendments were offered and voted upon. A faint glimmer of opposition and dissatisfaction, smoldering among some delegates, flickered on the floor...
...Jordan. Abdullah Ibn-Hussein, King of the Hashimite Kingdom of Transjordan, was watching his Arab Legion assemble. During the day, fierce-faced, khaki-clad soldiers of Transjordan's ist Mechanized Regiment had swirled and stamped, with arms interlocked, in traditional Arab war dances. With the first glimmer of dawn on the day after Israel was born, they began to wind down the road to the Jordan Valley in tanks, armored cars and trucks, slapping at mosquitoes in the heat. They crossed the river by Allenby Bridge, moved toward Jericho. Some Legionnaires were in Palestine already. Their first operations, confined...
...courses were. He wished he had done other reading for the course and had been to more lectures. He wished he had been to more lectures and had done more reading during the last four years. He wished, in other words, that he had been given a glimmer, as a Freshman, of the desire to learn...