Word: latters
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...grey concrete monolith, the $7,500,000 laboratory rises five stories (87 ft.) into the air; its three-story basement goes 50 ft. down. There are no windows except at the "expendable" north and south annexes (the latter facing the most probable target area), which are occupied by clerical and administrative offices. Its doors are made of thick steel, and operate as quickly and effectively as a ship's watertight hatches. Both exterior and interior walls are of reinforced concrete; the extra-thick south wall of the main building, exposed toward the probable target point of downtown Washington...
...West, 61, a latter-day blonde with original curves, made her night-club debut in the Sahara, a Las Vegas saloon, and proved that "my brand of sex" is still a basic barroom commodity. Mae's brand consisted of herself and "the first barechest act for lady customers in history"-eight muscle-bound young men in loin-cloutish Bikinis, one of them the current "Mr. America," the rest onetime contenders for the title. All in all, Mae's troupe proved invigorating even for jaded
...might get too much of the credit. Only Georges Bidault dared to compare Geneva to Munich; he drew only skimpy applause from his own Roman Catholic M.R.P. Party, and short shrift from Mendès. By a thundering vote, of 462 to 13, with 152 absent or abstaining (the latter mostly from Bidault's M.R.P.), the Assembly hailed "the cessation of hostilities in Indo-China, due in large measure to the decisive action of the Premier...
...debate foundered on one legal question, and the Assembly put it up to the International Court of Justice: Must the General Assembly abide by a tribunal decision? The U.S. argued that since the Assembly had created the tribunal, the latter was a subordinate body which the Assembly could overrule. Last week in The Hague, the International Court ruled 9 to 3 that the tribunal is "an independent and truly judicial body," and its decisions final...
...dishes they are taught to prepare on TV's countless daytime cooking shows. Giving them expert advice on the correct fork and the perfect place setting, as well as on dozens of other subjects-from Kissing in Public to Asking Personal Questions-will be Amy Vanderbilt. the latter-day Emily Post, author of Doubleday's 700-page Complete Book of Etiquette...