Word: partes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...consider that the press and photographic coverage of the Khrushchev visit [Oct. 5] was a disgraceful episode. This incident, probably because of its international importance, merely highlighted a behavior on the part of reporters and press photographers which seems to be increasing in absurdity in the last few years. I firmly believe in a free press, but I also believe that it is one duty of a free press to discipline itself. The use of "any trick of brain or brawn," to the point of rowdiness, is not to the credit of the press. T. S. CARSWELL Chestertown...
...submarines sank the crippled carrier, a light cruiser and a destroyer. But Bull Halsey was not around for the slaughter; for hours he had been getting urgent queries as to his whereabouts, desperate requests for help off Samar. At 1055 Halsey gave in to the pressure, ordered a large part of his force to turn back south -and went with them. By the time he got back to Leyte Gulf, the great battle was over. With it died the Japanese navy and any chance that it could protect Japan's island lifeline...
...this does not mean that the U.S. is about to go into international bankruptcy. The U.S. still holds nearly $20 billion in gold, half the world's supply, and an important part of the U.S. capital outflow is private investment overseas that will pay off in years to come. If it was not for foreign aid-$5.5 billion last year-the U.S. would even have $1 billion balance of payments surplus. But the swing in the international terms of trade does mean that in defense of its long-range economic strength, the U.S. has had to take...
...underdeveloped nations. At every possible opportunity, from President Eisenhower's recent trip to Europe to last month's meeting of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, the U.S. has been reminding the governments of Western Europe's booming nations that, as part of their contribution to the strengthening of the free world, they should shell out some aid too. By last week, declared a rueful European government official, the U.S. drive had reached "the arm-twisting stage...
...large number of penalties stifled other threats and in part accounted for the low score. Consistently strong play by backs Roy Williams and John Damis held the team together. Damis is also seeing a lot of action in varsity play...