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...British imposed economic sanctions against Iran (partial blocking of Iranian sterling holdings in London, banning exports of scarce raw materials to Iran), and were evidently trying hard to squeeze out Mossadeq. Even if they succeed (despite his troubles Mossadeq, fainting fits, tears and all, is still immensely popular in Iran), it is far from likely that a "settlement" would result. Far more probable is a steady downhill slide of Iran's economy, with inflation, unemployment and rioting, exploited by the Communist Tudeh Party...
...Eighth Army's General James A. Van Fleet told of 17 days' hard fighting on the eastern front-with three U.N. divisions pitted against 83,000 Reds-as a result of which "partial exhaustion" had been inflicted on the Reds in that sector...
...certain instruments need to be protected. This might be done partly by mere distance, e.g., by placing the reactors in the tail or far out on the wings. Another obvious trick would be to make the airplane's structural parts or equipment (e.g., the retracted wheels) serve as partial shields. Final protection would be a bulkhead of shielding, to provide a safe "radiation shadow" for the crew's space...
Realizing that college students are poor correspondents, more and more parents are subscribing to the CRIMSON to get an idea of what is going on at Harvard. The CRIMSON is a partial substitute to a daily letter from school, and with its detailed coverage of the College, parents often find their son's name mentioned in one activity or another...
...Navy Retreats. The Utah, sunk in her old age by Japanese bombers, lay rusting on the floor of Pearl Harbor when, in 1947, the Navy decided that Mrs. Crawshaw was entitled to a partial pension. She was not satisfied with a halfway victory, and continued to fight. In 1948, she forced the Navy to list Crawshaw's death as an accident...