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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Brachman further said that the proposals would not help and might even add to the Council's main weakness, which was, he said, that "people are afraid to think; people are afraid to fight; this is becoming a chicken Council...

Author: By Richard N. Levy, | Title: Council Votes Resolutions Of Procedure | 10/1/1957 | See Source »

...prepared ambush along the slum town's dusty main street, the Basuto "Russians" were waiting with jungle knives, needle-sharp iron rods, battle-axes and a few guns. When the Zulus bore down, the Russians tried to corner each one singly. Then, in the horrified words of a local police officer, who witnessed the scene, they would "hack his knee or his Achilles tendon so that he would drop, then slowly, neatly, talking to him all the while and wishing him a pleasant journey to Hell, proceed to pare his head with a knife until he fell dead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTH AFRICA: Tribal Instinct | 9/30/1957 | See Source »

Live Wire. Yet it will be a long while before any of these systems start transmitting programs over the airwaves from coast to coast. The main obstacle is cost. Pay TVmen admit that each station will have to pay up to $3,500 an hour to hook into a toll network, thus will need to saturate the market to turn a profit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SHOW BUSINESS: Test for Toll TV | 9/30/1957 | See Source »

Since last Saturday's scrimmage with Tufts, Coach John Yovicsin's main concern has been with the Crimson's defensive maneuvering...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yovicsin Works on Weak Defense In Preparation for Big Red Team | 9/28/1957 | See Source »

...team is finally beginning to do things instinctively, according to Yovicsin. Against Tufts, the players were covering the right men and moving the right way on pass defense, but the opposing receivers were getting behind the defense, leaving the Crimson extremely vulnerable. The main problem was getting their timing adjusted, and the players are beginning to solve that problem...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yovicsin Works on Weak Defense In Preparation for Big Red Team | 9/28/1957 | See Source »

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