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...thing the nine powers failed to do in London was to make some stipulation about the style of uniform the West German army will wear. This point is not so silly as it may sound. The public relations value of the traditional German uniform (especially the helmet) is absolutely nil...
...vote for or against it, so I'll probably vote for it. That way people can't accuse me of not being loyal to my party." But he must have recounted and found a ten vote difference because, although his own convictions on the St. Lawrence were nil, he ended up by turning against the President again last week. ¶ Even New Jersey's Senator Alexander Smith, usually an Eisenhower Republican, last week displayed this same lack of party responsibility. As chairman of the Senate Labor Committee, Smith had the duty of helping steer to Senate passage...
...Franco days, said he, such composers as Falla, Turina and Oscar Espla "kept their windows open to the outer world," and wrote fine, arresting stuff. Now: "Our composers are living with their backs turned to current musical trends . . . Our standing is just about nil . . . There is only one alternative: renovation or death...
...Communists mingled with the mobs. Soon the streets' mood changed. The omnipresent cheerleaders who before had yelled for "Habib el Shaab" (People's Beloved) added a new cry: "Down with the rule of the twelve." The crowd formed into a mob that surged across the Kasr el Nil bridge, passed the plush Semiramis Hotel and headed for stately Garden City, the embassy row. Soldiers opened fire; twelve fell wounded...
...Indo-China, guessed that the Reds might turn south and attack Savannakhet and Seno. But last week Communist General Vo Nguyen Giap, who directed the Communist thrust to the Mekong, was biding his time. Meanwhile, various spokesmen pointed out that the military value of the enemy operation was almost nil. Secretary Dulles pooh-poohed it in Washington; so did the Ministry of the Associated States in Paris. The fact indeed was that headlines-to the effect that Indo-China had been cut in two-had given a false impression. Yet the headlines marked a victory of another sort...