Word: idealisms
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Although Gomulka had won the esteem, and even the affection of his people, for standing up to Russia, he was also doing a fine job of keeping Poland inside the Soviet orbit. At this moment of history his peculiar balance between Communism and patriotism makes him the ideal leader to both sides...
...problem that has plagued Navy missile men up to now has been how to determine exactly and continuously where the ship is located on the earth's surface. At 1,500-mile range, such positioning becomes tremendously important to the missile's accuracy. Even under ideal launching conditions, missile men admit an intermediate missile is unlikely to hit closer than a quarter of a mile from the bull's-eye. If determinations of the target's direction and the ship's position are slightly off, the error can be disastrously larger. What makes the problem...
Close to the Ideal. What Clare Luce did not know about the art of diplomacy she learned-fast. Sometimes working around the clock at her office in the Palazzo Margherita, she dealt with policy problems, administered consulates and agencies with staffs of more than 1,600. She traveled over 30,000 miles inside Italy, visited more than 30 Italian cities, popped up in towns and villages where ambassadors are never seen, launched ships, opened universities. In a recent two-month period, she saw 69 state visitors and 416 members of U.S. congressional groups, entertained hundreds of other dignitaries...
Added up, her work came close to fulfilling the ideal of modern U.S. diplomacy: to promote and expound the policies of the U.S., and in doing so, to strengthen the forces for independence, freedom and stability in the nation to which an envoy is accredited. Both Washington and Rome credit her with major achievements...
...Ideal Toy Co.'s "Revlon Doll" ($11.95 to $25) is a fully-developed young siren (proportioned to 34-23-34) whose outfit includes nylon stockings, earrings, a bra. The doll is expected to be Ideal's biggest seller since the "Shirley Temple" doll of 20 years...