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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Ready Troops. The question that was not often raised was whether India's armed forces could do the job. On paper, India's 500,000 man army is dwarfed by Red China's 2,500,000 troops...
...took power in Burma 14 months ago, he has worked conscientiously at clearing Rangoon's garbage-strewn streets, cracking down on Communist rebels in the northern jungles, improving the balance between the nation's agriculture and light industry. But he was one soldier who meant his often expressed desire to step down as soon as possible. Burma's politicians, whose squabbling and corrupt ways led to the military takeover in the first place, got a go-ahead last month with Ne Win's promise of elections in late January or early February...
What is a viewer likely to get in the "magazine concept" of television, which assigns advertisers spot announcements and leaves the network free for entertainment and information that fit its own tastes and sense of responsibility? The closest example now going is the big Canadian Broadcasting Corp., which is often watched by 1,200,000 U.S. families who live on the border. CBC creates more of its own programs (40 out of 58 network hours a week) than any major U.S. network, and they are so good that CBC collected six out of seven of this year's Ohio...
...With 68% of Canada's TV sets in range of U.S. stations, CBC often loses: KVOS-TV in Bellingham, Wash, consistently has a bigger slice of Vancouver viewers than does CBC's own CBUT-TV. But CBC affiliate CKLW-TV in Windsor gets 70% of its revenue from U.S. advertisers, often outdraws Detroit's WJBK-TV, WWJ-TV, WXYZ...
...concerto recalled, among other things, that at 39, Isaac Stern is not only one of the world's great violinists but one of the U.S.'s fastest-moving, farthest roving musicians. He often talks of slowing down to give some time to teaching, but he is now in the midst of a countrywide tour, will play some 80 concerts by the end of April, then pack his Guarneri and head for his second tour of Russia (six weeks) before hitting the European summer festival circuit. Last week Stern was not in the least bothered at having to play...