Word: meetings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...wish to congratulate you on your story of "the new diplomacy," as dramatized by Vice President Richard M. Nixon's visit to Moscow [Aug. 3]. Why shouldn't the leaders of the nations meet, rub shoulders, wave fists and argue occasionally in public? Why shouldn't the peoples of the nations meet and discuss, argue and risk an occasional sock in the jaw? Altogether it is good, sharp, educational stuff for both us and the Russians...
...deep thaw in the cold war. In the thaw mood, the Communist press suddenly stopped sniping at the U.S., and Premier Khrushchev jovially announced that he would not do any saber-rattling during his visit. In Washington, President Eisenhower made it known that he was planning to meet Khrushchev's plane when it arrives in mid-September, though Khrushchev is not technically chief of the Soviet state,*and protocol does not demand welcome by the President. Ike also made it known that he was reserving time for a possible Big Four summit meeting in the fall...
...Berry pointed out that the prime concern of the new department will be preparing full-time teachers and investigators to meet the rapidly expanding need in this field. Students specializing in obstetrics and gynecology must devote a minimum of two years to general surgical training, three years to obstetrics and gynecology, and two years to the basic medical sciences...
...shellfish. Yamanaka, raised in Amamachi, on the Sea of Japan, was a swimmer at four. But as a boy, Yamanaka shuddered at the thought of racing: "It seemed too tiring at the time." Then one day he tagged along to watch his high school team in a national meet, sat fuming as the contestants splashed haplessly up and down the pool. Finally, Yamanaka stalked down out of the stands, entered the 100 meters-and won. "After watching the slow swimming," says he, "I felt I just had to get in there...
...Kaynar Corp. in Los Angeles. Brainy, lightly muscled Kenneth Reiner. 43, Kaynar's president, gets out at the rear door. Brawny (5 ft. 8 in.. 165 Ibs.), outgoing Frank Klaus, 44, vice president and treasurer, gets out at the front. Each is careful not to meet the other...