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The Crimson will be favored this afternoon, but there is considerable fear in some circles that a letdown may be impending, after the Dartmouth win. Coach Yovicsin himself seems to be somewhat uneasy about the matter. He said yesterday afternoon that he had no worries on the score of overconfidence...

Author: By John P. Demos, | Title: Football Squad Rated As Favorite Over Penn Today; Injuries Plague Quakers | 11/1/1958 | See Source »

By late afternoon Faubus was ready to announce his plans. At 4:25 an aide left the Governor's office, filed with the secretary of state a sheaf of anti-integration laws enacted by the legislature at the Governor's behest; Orval Faubus had been keeping them on...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARKANSAS: Shutdown in Little Rock | 9/22/1958 | See Source »

The Sputnik Syndrome is characterized by whirling satellites before the eyes, by alternating periods of deepest gloom and wildest premonitions of impending doom, and by the steadfast conviction that the U.S., helplessly and hopelessly, is falling behind the U.S.S.R. in military technology. Since last Oct. 4, when Russia's...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEFENSE: The Sputnik Syndrome | 9/1/1958 | See Source »

"I Just Outgrew Her." Powell's secret of success lies in his gaudy person and personality, which seem to mesmerize Harlem's 75.000 eligible voters. Tall and trim (6 ft. 2 in., 193 Ibs.), the descendant of slaves (at ten. he says, he traced with horror the brand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICS: The Mesmerist | 8/25/1958 | See Source »

Nationalist Chinese forces, fearful of an impending attack on the offshore islands of Quemoy and Matsu, promptly went onto the alert; in Washington the Department of State protested that Peking was "raising the specter of war." And in the process, Khrushchev's longstanding campaign to persuade the world that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Father & Son | 8/18/1958 | See Source »

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