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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...congestion, both Stillman and Radcliffe report a continuing influx of mumps cases. Radcliffe has shipped its cases out to Boston hospitals, but larger Stillman has confined mumps patients to a private ward, further cutting down space available for flu cases...
...wasted no hand-wringing on fears that his Formosa action might bring a larger war. "There is but one sure way to avoid total war," said he, "and that is to win the cold war." By implication he acknowledged that the U.S. would have to take risks, no matter what its policies. "While retaliatory power is one strong deterrent to a would-be aggressor, another powerful deterrent is defensive power, [and] total defensive strength must include civil-defense preparedness. Because we have incontrovertible evidence that Soviet Russia possesses atomic weapons, this kind of protection becomes sheer necessity...
...Nigeria, larger than Texas and Oklahoma combined, is Britain's most populous (30 million) colony. It is driving hard for self-government (the British governor holds veto powers, but Nigerians, 95% of them illiterate, have elected their first "national" parliament). Population: a hodgepodge in which three tribes predominate. The Hausas in the north, who furnish the backbone of Britain's tough West African Rifles, are Moslems. The South is divided between the ex-cannibal Ibos and sturdy Yoruba farmers, whose ancient city, Ibadan (pop. 400,000), is the largest native city in Africa. Chief resources: tin, coal...
...board member reported that he had done a little detective work on his own and discovered at least one Valley father who had not owned a big enough house; only by building a larger home was he able to make his daughter eligible for her sorority. Admitted a disillusioned sorority sister: "I've seen one girl blackballed because her feet were too big. Another was kept out because the bathtub in her parents' home still had legs...
...regular out the 35-mm. images movie on the projector, screen. "straightens" out the images on the screen. The picture is synchronized to loudspeakers placed around the theater. The system is much less expensive than Cinerama (TIME, Oct. 13), which uses three cameras, three projectors and a larger curved screen. Cinemascope, said Fox, will be made available to other film companies...