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...indeed a sorry situation in which the Gaulist movement finds itself. The rightist army has already attempted twice to seize power, and Frenchmen must live in constant peril of a third attempt. On the left, the intellectuals and union leaders, both Catholic and Communist are calling for opposition to the government's war effort. In attempting to solidify his power, De Gaulle has unfortunately equated dissent with treason, and this seems desperate and futile...
...panting Broadway producer. One genuinely amusing touch: in a nightmare, Big Sister visualizes the producer's office furnished entirely with couches, and flies to the rescue as Super-Ruth. Although too much depended on the belief, no longer universally entertained, that show biz holds that much peril or life in Greenwich Village that much fun, this may prove to be one of the more tolerable comedy series...
Even when there is no clear-cut violation of business ethics, most businessmen believe that conflict of interest is simply bad business. They insist that it forces executives to give less than their best to their own company, needlessly exposes the company to the peril of stockholders' suits and a damaged public reputation. To avoid even the appearance of wrongdoing, many a U.S. executive could well recall an old Chinese proverb: "When passing through your neighbor's melon patch, do not stoop to tie your shoe...
...caused by wind shear -the "friction" between adjacent air masses moving at different speeds. Last week Joseph J. George, chief meteorologist for Eastern Airlines, told how this knowledge might be put to work to predict CAT's claws so that airliners can be warned to skirt the peril...
...Japan as almost a worse enemy than the Communist regime in North Korea. Unable to forget 35 years of Japanese colonial rule Rhee stubbornly refused to exchange ambassadors with Tokyo, drew an arbitrary "Rhee line" upwards of 60 miles out at sea over which Japanese fishermen crossed at their peril...