Word: numbered
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...leader of the free world and the main proponent of democratic ideology. It faces the greatest task in its entire history: to contain the forces of Communism and to remain at the pinnacle of world power; yet, it receives only superficial and passive support from a great number of its citizens...
...first eleven months no "pusher" approached him. "The record-company guys," he told a TIME correspondent in Detroit last week, "went to the bigger men here. I didn't care because I knew when I was Number One they would come to me. First a guy would ask me to coffee, but I was sardonic and I would say, 'Wait until I get to the dinner stage. huh?' When I was finally asked out to dinner, I knew I was Number One. Payola comes to the top disk jockeys, so isn't this the greatest compliment...
...Mikado, although it lacks the moments of brilliance of some of the other collaborations, is nevertheless a pleasant piece with probably more famous songs than any except Pinafore. The traditional production always gets a certain number of standard extra-curricular laughs out of the action accompanying the more ludicrous songs. But this performance is an unmitigated howl from beginning to end, thanks mainly to the imaginative direction of Julius Novick and two devastating performances by David Stone and Steve Garlick...
Only two political issues remain outstanding, and neither is insurmountable: the nationality of the inspection post staffs, and the number of on-site inspections of suspicious events. In the first, progress nears as both sides have modified their conflicting all or nothing demands. In the second, the U.S. insists either on limiting the treaty to surface and under water tests or else on unlimited inspection rights, unacceptable to the Russians, who demanded a veto power. The eventual compromise will probably be a quota of on-site inspections, an idea first proposed by Prime Minister Macmillan...
With the 1960 squash season opening Saturday, Harvard's team presents an impressive array of nationally-ranked veterans and boy wonders. And if Coach Jack Barnaby repeats his usual trick of producing men on the bottom who are almost equal to the number one player, the University's chances of walking off with the Eastern Championship are favorable indeed...