Word: levelation
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Hearty thanks to TIME for the fine summary [Sept. 8] of the Lambeth conference statement advocating contraception and birth control. It is so much more sensible, dignified-and Christian-than the stand taken by the Roman church, which reduces human beings to the level of animals having physical relations solely for the purpose of producing offspring...
Only in the diplomatic silences of Warsaw was there a muffling of the decibels of denunciation. There the U.S. and Red China bargained at the ambassadorial level (see below), with the peace of Asia and, quite possibly, the world at stake...
...Houphouet-Boigny, political chief of the Ivory Coast and Minister of State in De Gaulle's Cabinet, has no intention of allowing his rich colony to be dominated by Touré's strong-arm union organizers. The Ivory Coast is well-watered, agricultural land with the highest level of prosperity in all French Africa. Houphouet-Boigny, 52, who has come a long way since the days when he was an admirer of Communism, is convinced that its people can advance farther and faster with French technical and financial help than by swerving off into nationalist adventures with...
...college students can get credit for a new TV course, provided they are wide awake at 6:30 each weekday morning. Starting Oct. 6, NBC's half-hour Continental Classroom has been approved by 300 colleges and universities (among them: Chicago, Rutgers, N.Y.U., Minnesota), will offer a college-level course on "Atomic Age Physics." For this venture, local schools will be responsible for answering student questions, practical work, exams...
...partnerships would manage to arrive at a grand slam on this deal. The Irish partners playing the identical hands at the other table stopped at six hearts. With two biddable suits and rosy game prospects, Goren opened one club to give Sobel a chance to reply at the one level in case she held a weak hand. His second-round jump, displaying a good spade suit and extra high-card strength, committed the partnership to game, so Sobel could afford to say three hearts (rather than jump to four), permitting inexpensive exploration for slam possibilities. Goren signaled that his spades...