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...India was somewhere between chaos and nationhood (probably much nearer the former...
Last week the hand-wringers were pointing out that the U.S. could not have acted in the Czech crisis because Prague was so much nearer to Russia than to the U.S. That was all too true. Austria, Italy, Germany, the Middle East, China, Korea and Japan were also nearer to Russia. The point was that their fall would bring Russia much nearer to the U.S. not only in geography but, more importantly, in degree of power...
Palestine's violence was now a problem for the U.N. Security Council, which displayed little confidence that its members could agree on what to do. Far clearer than the solution was the mounting scale of death and massacre that could be expected as Partition Day drew nearer...
With 90 seconds to play, Tatum was put out on fouls. The score was tied at 59-all and the crowd held its breath as the Globetrotters weaved nearer & nearer the basket. Just before the gun ended the game, the ball was flipped to dead-eye Ermer Robinson, who was in the clear. Ermer didn't miss. Score: Globetrotters 61, Minneapolis 59. Had they tried, the Trotters couldn't have written the script better...
...tablet as outlined in the new suggestion, is first of all, nearer financial reason at $60,000 than the former $200,000 figure. A list of the war dead will in any case be a part of any memorial, and the location in the Memorial Church has seemed wise to many alumni...