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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...School before joining the Foreign Service after World War I. As he rose through the corps, putting out diplomatic fires from North Africa to Berlin, from Trieste to Panmunjom, Suez, Tunis and Lebanon (TIME cover, Aug. 25, 1958), 3,400 Foreign Service pros came to look upon him as "Mr. Foreign Service." His trademark was an amiable smile overlaying a dependable core of toughness. Said he to a trouble-minded Lebanese rebel leader at the height of the Lebanon crisis in August 1958: "You know, we have the power to destroy your positions in a matter of seconds. We haven...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DIPLOMACY: Careerman Extraordinary | 11/9/1959 | See Source »

...three separate stages: the as-yet undated early stage, the late Roman stage and the Byzantine stage, part of which had always been visible. The infuriating quality of "CG" is that it gets taller and taller. Partial excavation reveals two levels supported by a third. Flooding prevents a definitive look at this third level to ascertain if indeed the foundation doesn't lie further below. At the present moment, "CG" stands at about 43 feet tall...

Author: By Ian Strasfogel, | Title: Harvard Professor Directs Excavations To Unearth Important Relics at Sardis | 11/7/1959 | See Source »

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6--Oren Harris (D-Ark.), turning off a House investigation of quiz show rigging, said today Congress should pass new laws to assure program honesty and take a hard look at other channels of television activity...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: UN Questions Laotian Charges That Chinese Invaded Viet Nam; Harris Seeks TV Practices Law | 11/7/1959 | See Source »

...nearly 11 o'clock, and Vag had read one chapter. The time had finally come, he told himself, to get down to work. "But first, I'll look at my roommate's Dali print for inspiration." Each of his roommate's had wanted to write a poem to the picture, and now Vag tried to work...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: And So It Goes | 11/5/1959 | See Source »

...Look Back in Anger. John Osborne's dramatic milestone about a young English outcast who actually looks back in madness more than anger, filmed in an atmosphere that suggests a dripping winter morning in the English Midlands...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA,TELEVISION,THEATER,BOOKS: Time Listings, Nov. 2, 1959 | 11/2/1959 | See Source »

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