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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Chaos confronted him. His rabble-rousing Arab Nationalist Premier Suleiman Nabulsi had been openly negotiating federation with Syria-which would mean the end of Jordan's independence. The Saudis in the south and the Syrians in the north had used the Middle East crisis to send in troops; the Iraqis were poised, ready to intervene, in the northeast; the Israelis eyed that part of the kingdom lying west of the River Jordan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JORDAN: A King's Ordeal | 4/22/1957 | See Source »

...light vote was interpreted by Council president Larry R. Johnson '58 to mean that "the Council should have made NSA better known," since "people aren't too concerned one way or the other." Johnson felt that the decision on NSA membership now definitely remains with the Council...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Light Vote Gives NSA Membership Narrow Approval | 4/19/1957 | See Source »

Ending Harvard's membership in NSA would mean that the Seminar would be moved elsewhere, as would be the office of the International Commission. Harvard's withdrawal would not only stifle Harvard activity and leadership in the International Commission, but would end all hopes of bringing Harvard out of apathy, would deprive Harvard students of the benefits of NSA membership, and it would lessen the power of an organization which is, in itself, worthy of support...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NSA Referendum | 4/17/1957 | See Source »

...Line?) Kilgallen had ground out an inside story hinting that Princess Grace is once again in a Grimaldi way, Monaco's Prince Rainier III turned a trifle purple, then chuckled away the entire miscoop: "Where do people get these things? It's really a mean thing to report. It is mean because it is inaccurate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Apr. 15, 1957 | 4/15/1957 | See Source »

After the semifinal round of the 21st annual Masters golf tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club, Samuel Jackson Snead, 44, sneaked a look at the scoreboard and started with surprise. "You mean to tell me that ah shot a 74 and ah'm still leading this tournament?" drawled the balding West Virginian. "Man that must be a pitiful poor field out there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Fast Finish | 4/15/1957 | See Source »

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