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...theoretical shooting began last week in Exercise Sweetbriar, .the joint Canadian-U.S. maneuvers to test North America's defenses against invasion from the Arctic. Across the mile-wide Donjek River, 170 miles south of Dawson, Allied troops fought off a mock invader driving into Canada from Alaska...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CANADA: Cold War | 2/27/1950 | See Source »

...simply because they're not "humable." Michael Kidd's first act dances are witty, clever, and completely refreshing creations, and it's a pity there are no more of them. The sets by Horace Armistead have all the briskness of an American primitive. They stand up well under the mock battles, chases, and explosions that occur on stage...

Author: By Stephen O. Saxe, | Title: THE PLAYGOER | 1/19/1950 | See Source »

...Excellency the Governor, scanning the sunny skies over Hong Kong, rested his eyes on a reassuring spectacle. A squadron of Spitfires screamed down in mock attack over the blue-green waters of Victoria Harbor. Their target: an aircraft carrier lying at anchor amid a great clutter of cargo junks, sampans and merchant ships from all parts of the world. "If they know we're strong," said Sir Alexander Grantham, referring to Hong Kong's 1,800,000 Chinese, "they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HONG KONG: The Last Citadel | 11/28/1949 | See Source »

Young Progressives will stage a mock the entitled "The People vs. Peekskill" featuring speeches by eyewitnesses and performers as well as records of the riot--at 7:30 p.m. tonight in Kirkland Junior Common Room...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HYP Will Protest Concert Violence | 11/22/1949 | See Source »

...Sigma Chi house disgruntled brothers held a mock liquidation sale (see cut) in which most of the bottles were empties. The Daily Californian complained that the new rule "will mean a whole bottle instead of a drink. We'll just have to do our drinking parked up in the hills ..." Moreover, cried the student editors, by neglecting to discuss the decision with representatives of student groups, the administration had failed to treat students "like adults...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: In Mourning | 11/14/1949 | See Source »

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