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...knows that his half has no moral authority, as shown by the number of refugees-2.000 a week-who flee to West Germany's prosperity and freedom. But he also knows the longing of all Germans for a closer community. His apparent strategy: using Berlin as his lever, to conclude a Big Four peace treaty over Germany that would leave to the "mutual consent" of the Germans their future status. Not reunification but "confederation" would be his offer, and, in return for normalizing conditions between the two Germanys, Communist East Germany would achieve some form of legitimacy...
...have this sort of program right within our own setup," an English technical officer for the world-wide Uni-Lever Corporation said, "but being so damn big, we tend to look in a bit. This way we can find out what's going on in the world outside...
Final test for Director Cheek came when a black-tie cross section of Virginia's first families turned up at the museum, inspected models of other Skidmore, Owings & Merrill buildings (Lever House, U.S. Air Force Academy), then went by bus to see the new Reynolds building in full scale. Even with the three-story office building's satiny aluminum trim, Virginians found much that was familiar. The courtyard was paved with familiar red brick, and the moon shone down on a five-jet fountain, holly bushes and a 40-ft. magnolia tree. But inside they found...
...others in the top seven: ¶ Skidmore, Owings & Merrill's Lever House (TIME, April 28, 1952) on Manhattan's Park Avenue, designed by S.O.M. Partner Gordon Bunshaft-a pattern-setter for the era of the glass tower plus plaza...
Apparently Ben-Gurion's government was not so much frightened by the Russian note as eager to use the overflight permission as a bargaining lever to force the U.S. and Britain into heeding Israel's feelings. There had also been other pressures on Ben-Gurion besides Russia's. Israel's best Afro-Asian friends-especially Ghana and Burma-made their disapproval clear. Two left-wing parties in Ben-Gurion's coalition were strongly against letting Israel appear too committed to the West. Furthermore, Israel has tried to avoid backing one faction or another among Arab...