Word: parallelism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Rear Admiral Charles E. Weakley, Navy submarine chief, told the committee that the menace of Russia's huge submarine fleet is "without parallel."* The Navy has the "techniques" to cope with the menace, said Weakley, but needs more men, more money...
...voting was for urban councilors to act as "advisers" to the Belgian authorities. All males, white or black, over 25 years of age were eligible to vote. The Belgian aim is to create a "partnership" between the two races, setting them out to travel on parallel courses, but with the whites significantly senior. Thus, under the new "cities statute," Leopoldville is divided into three European communes for its population of 30,000 whites, and eight jampacked African communes for its 350,000 blacks. White and Negro mayors will be selected from the elected councilors by veteran (six years) Governor General...
WHEN the North Koreans swept down over the 38th parallel on June 25, 1950, one of the prizes they had their sights on was the great national collection of Korean art in Seoul. Delaying tactics by the museum staff ("The packing took quite a long time," says wide-smiling Dr. Chewon Kim, director of Korea's National Museum) and the recapture of Seoul three months after it had fallen to the Communists saved the treasures. Next week, as a gesture of "gratitude to all those known and unknown American friends who fought with us against the Communist invasion...
...Thor production the NSC did not rule out the Army's competitive, "hand-tooled" Jupiter, which may well go into stockpile production with Thor. Reason for production of both, with resulting complication in supporting equipment, etc.: the U.S. needs IRBMs as fast as it can get them. Historical parallel: production of both B-17 and B-24 bombers in World War II. ¶ Flying into Augusta for a two-hour conference with President Eisenhower, Secretary McElroy announced himself "very hopeful" that the U.S. will be able to keep its commitment to provide Britain with IRBMs during 1959, begin...
...poll of a dozen Harvard and Radcliffe organizations last night indicated that few of the clubs which have parallel functions plan to combine in the immediate future, though they did not discount eventual merger...