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...Communist blandishments with a will. "Hindi Chini Bhai Bhai," they shouted at the Red leader-"India and China, brothers, brothers." "If the entire world became one pattern," said Nehru, conceding perhaps a few basic differences between his government and that of Red China, "interest in life would lessen...
PAPER MERGER of Long-Bell lumber empire with huge International Paper Co. is being challenged by Federal Trade Commission. FTC complains International is already world's biggest papermaker (1955 sales: almost $800 million), would lessen competition, tend to monopoly in Western states by adding Long-Bell, which is second largest lumber producer in Pacific-Northwest, one of top U.S. plywood producers. But deal, with International paying $117 million in stock for Long-Bell, can be halted only if FTC hearing next February produces stop order...
...Life with Mary circumscribed his sense of proportion and drove him into what he called "depressions, black as a smith's beard." Praised by his friends for his courage and devotion, he only answered tersely: "I stink in the midst of respect." Only Mary's misfortunes could lessen the pain of his own -which is why a wit named them "Gum Boil and Toothache," each being "a great relief" to the other...
...morning-but such tears bring no ease to bitter hearts." Instead of compelling the Jordan government to impose its authority to restrain the border troublemakers, com plained the independent newspaper Haaretz, Israel's policy of five eyes for an eye will undoubtedly weaken the Jordan government and consequently lessen the chances of border quiet. In Manhattan the U.N.'s Dag Hammarskjold warned that unless both Israel and Jordan establish "a discipline sufficiently firm to forestall" such outbreaks, the cease-fire that he negotiated last April will become a "dead letter...
...National Cancer Institute: "Some people got into a fright when they first heard about bacteria or viruses, and for a time would not even shake hands for fear of infection. People came to accept the presence of dangerous micro-organisms in our environments while scientists did everything possible to lessen the danger. Now people must learn to live with carcinogens while scientists tackle the problem...