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...Architects. Two dedicated men deserve most of the credit for the Common Market scheme. The idea was born to France's Europe-minded planner, Jean Monnet, who keeps a model of the Kon-Tiki on his desk as a symbol of those who take brave risks to prove an idea in the face of skepticism and indifference. The other man is NATO's newly chosen Secretary-General, Paul-Henri Spaak of Belgium, who has presided over the interminable treaty negotiations in Brussels. One reason why the near completion of the Common Market has burst on Europe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WESTERN EUROPE: Third Chance | 1/28/1957 | See Source »

...laid a perfect bunt down the third base line. The next batter, Ray Guidotti, walked, and a double steal put men on second and third. After the following batter struck out, Mathias singled to center, tallying both runners. When Ward hit Ray Walker, coach Norm Shepard relieved him with Kon Rossano, who struck out Schiffino to end the frame...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Loses to Elis, 5-1; MacKenzie Allows 4 Hits | 6/16/1955 | See Source »

...Dniester, and after liberating North Moldavia, his troops crossed Poland and became the first Russians to reach the Elbe, where his 58th Guards Division linked up with the U.S. 69th Division. Here Konev met General Bradley, presented him with a Cossack charger (the name Konev is derived from kon, a stallion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: Marshals at Work | 3/7/1955 | See Source »

...yourself comfortable, dear, in your slipper-gripper Mistletoes," or tells the children, "jump into your perma-sized skijamas, kids, while I make you some Dagwitches with diced cream and superfection strawberries?" Can he find a poor speller among those same children, who, doing his homework, writes "kar-pokits" or "kon-veen-yunt?" If so, the cross-pollenating Madison Avenue ad men would turn handsprings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 14, 1955 | 2/14/1955 | See Source »

...Perhaps the language of Chaucer and Churchill is better for now including k-veniences, which are hangers, coinveniences, which hold money for parking meters, kon-veen-yunt tire chains, foodtainers and keytainers, roylies, which are doilies, plast-t-cap thumbtacks, tasteas, teariffic teabags, kar-pokits, diced cream, expaditers (pads of paper), slipper-grippers, chap sticks, paper mates, superfection strawberries, dangeratings, schweppervescence . . . Ladies can do lots in culottes, and summarize in summer dresses, size 16-40. After a long day in the office, their husbands come home and slip on their leisuals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OPINION: Let's Kick This Around | 1/24/1955 | See Source »

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