Word: harms
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Donning their plexiglass slippers, the Children's Theatre players dance to an exquisite modern adaptation of Cinderella. This version is modern, to say the least, with such lines as, "Hit the road, toad," and "Wise-guy, eh?" It seems to do Cinderella no harm, however, for children in the audience aren't bothered by the dialogue, which is a clever compound of parental cliches...
...People's Police would soon be doubled in size, to counter West German rearmament. Teachers have their backs up because they were asked to plug "youth dedications"-a Communist substitute for church confirmations. Said one grammar-school teacher who fled his native Greifswald: "After all, to do harm to the church is to harm the only body in East Germany that effectively opposes the Communists...
...response to a Chinese attack with conventional arms would be unthinkable. It probably would be unthinkable. It probably would be militarily ineffective in itself, since China's urban industrial base is still largely undeveloped. More than that however, such a response to a Communist attack would do serious harm to the American position in the world...
...Ultimate Accounting. Some Democrats, e.g., Senate Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson, insisted that the release was purely a Republican political maneuver. As some angry reaction came in from abroad (see FOREIGN NEWS), Democrats charged that publication of the papers would do real harm to the U.S. position in the world. Said Foreign Relations Chairman George: "I regard the publication of these papers at this time as unfortunate. This action will make it difficult to have conferences with those nations with whom conferences must be had if we are to make progress toward world peace and stability...
...that she put in at Ceylon. Gunnar Damstroem, manager of the Re-Be Shipping Co.. which owns the vessel, replied with a Columbus-like "Sail on!" At least, he instructed the Aruba's captain by radio to keep the ship on the open ocean and out of harm's way as long as the crew would permit. Leaving Ceylon behind without putting in to port, the Aruba sailed...