Word: notes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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From Washington last week came word that Laos had got the reassurance it needs. Gist of the State Department note (similar ones went out from Britain and France): the U.S. continues to support the authority of the royal government "over all its territory" and "welcomes the firmness" with which it has resisted the Communist reintegration terms. Net effect of the reassurances: to put the Communists on notice that any dirty work in Laos could easily bring down on them the full force of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization...
...Compendium. Russia's major diplomatic effort of the week was an 8,000-word note to British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan signed by spade-bearded Premier Bulganin. Ostensibly an appeal for restoration of friendly relations, the note was a compendium of familiar Russian gambits. In it, Bulganin:¶ Hinted that Russia would welcome a Big Four conference on the reunification of Germany. Expressed new interest in Sir Anthony Eden's Geneva proposal for a demilitarized zone in Central Europe. ¶ Reminded Macmillan that Britain's "comparatively small and densely populated territory" is, by recent British admission, virtually...
...probably no reflection upon freshman spirit to note that the Union's history has been fairly dull since their occupancy, but only such flukes as last year's fire and the recent Jubilee hoax-candidates have drawn any large-scale undergraduate interest to the building. The fire last winter ruined its roof and caused damage to paintings inside...
...With his big tone and sure technique, Lubow was in full control of the brilliant Liszt idiom. Fortissimo octaves boomed and cadenzas scintillated with the appropriate spice and dash. Lubow has one disturbing mannerism, however--he will linger on an appogiatura until the suspense becomes unbearable and the note of resolution is given up forever as lost. The orchestra, which seemed to revel in the bacchanalian decadance of the music, gave the pianist all the support he needed...
...dozens of plants closed-circuit TV systems are used as watchdogs over machinery, note and automatically correct or forestall errors in operation. In hospitals doctors use closed-circuit TV to teach other doctors the intricacies of heart surgery, while dentists have electronic drills that do not build up heat, are less painful than ordinary drills...