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...areas where atomic power is most needed are those with the least industrial and technical development. This is the main limiting factor on international atomic-power development. The U.S. has already begun training programs for foreign students, who can go back to their own countries and spread the nuclear know-how required to run atomic reactors. At present, 31 students from 19 nations are attending a reactor training school in Chicago, and 32 students from abroad have signed up for a special course in radioisotope techniques to be held at Oak Ridge next month. In addition, the U.S. has assembled...
Patterson's conclusion: "This then is a thumbnail sketch of our program for 1955, a program directed mainly toward spreading information throughout the world, toward developing technical know-how in all countries, and toward creating the first ties between ourselves and other countries, which will lead to broader cooperation as their programs build...
ATOMS-FOR-PEACE PLAN will soon result in the first firm agreements with foreign nations for use ot U.S. uranium and know-how. The Administration is close to agreement on six bilateral pacts under which the U.S. would lease fissionable materials abroad in exchange for radioactive ores, and other nations would buy reactors from U.S. industry...
...instead of welcoming foreign oil capital, Brazil has barred it with nationalistic laws. The government oil monopoly, Petrobras, can legally hire the services of foreign experts and drilling companies, but it cannot grant concessions or sell shares to foreigners. Because of this self-inflicted shortage of capital and know-how, the Brazilian search for oil has been painfully slow. Last week's strike, made with the help of a Texas drilling firm hired by Petrobras, eased the pain. By itself the well is only a drop in the barrel of Brazil's oil needs. But it lies...
Most Americans, forever fascinated by the backstage know-how of the movies,TV, the theater or the circus, know little about how an opera is staged. It is actually an extraordinary exercise in skill, timing and logistics, far more involved than play production. Many opera plots include supernatural happenings and require complicated equipment; what is more, everything from magic fireworks to the basso's whiskers must move according to the music. Technically, one of the most demanding operas is Gounod's Faust, which opened the Metropolitan Opera in 1883. Last week Faust had its 317th Met performance...