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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...went down to the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach and I saw gutters made out of marble. I said, we got starving kids in this country and here they got marble gutters. Both the U.S. and Russia are run by a bunch of crooks, traits and ratters-I mean rats and traitors...
...silence the troublesome station, anti-Perón Argentines have begun broadcasting with a stronger transmitter on the same wave band, in an attempt to turn Perón's recorded mouthings into a joke. "We are broadcasting from the heart of the fatherland," spouts Lux 45. "You mean from the liver," answers the anti-Perón transmitter, japing at the Peronistas' bilious tone. "Perón, our leader," chants Lux 45. "Juan Domingo Gunboat." corrects the loyal radio, recalling the dictator's undignified exit aboard a Paraguayan warship...
Does the Oppenheimer appointment mean that Harvard is suffering from a bad case of schizophrenia? Wouldn't she expel a student found guilty of the very misconduct confessed by Oppenheimer, whom she has honored by asking him to teach ethics to her students? Edmond J. Donlan House of Representatives State House, Boston...
Tolling Bells. In much of the world Macmillan's decision was greeted with hope and delight. "At least and at last, negotiations that can mean something are in prospect," declared London's News Chronicle. From Dublin, Irish Premier Eamon de Valera sent Makarios a history of Eire's fight for independence, accompanied by a note describing the book as a gift "from one who understands and sympathizes." In Cyprus itself church bells tolled triumphantly, spelling out "Makarios" in an old Greek ringing code, and as the news spread from balcony to balcony, crowds poured into the streets...
...about "returning things borrowed from fellow classmates promptly" (social studies), "operating audiovisual equipment" (science), "telling how a department store facilitates trade" (mathematics) and "observing 'Do It Yourself programs" (practical arts). Social studies can also include "greeting parents and other members of the family with affection," while science can mean "proper methods of ventilating home...