Word: personable
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...that "the Communist Party works for foreigners. Nobody in the Arab world will respond to them because they are agents of a foreign power." Next day, under the sting of Kassem's accusations of conspiracy, Nasser dropped all pretense of soldierly comradeship with Kassem and attacked him in person as a man who fights against Arab unity. Punning on Kassem's name, which in Arabic means "splitter," he shouted that "Iraq's splitter" had fought Arab brotherhood more viciously than the hated Nuri asSaid himself. Iraqi planes, firing on the thousands of defeated rebels and tribesmen fleeing...
Last week Rosetta, now a bright-faced, brown-haired 17-year-old, was still getting used to learning from a teacher in a classroom. She is enrolled in Christchurch Training College, hopes to attend Canterbury University College next year. Note taking is hard for her; lectures in person are faster than by radio. The novelty of having other students to talk with is pleasant, although Rosetta is not sure she likes the clamor of bustling (pop. 210,000) Christchurch. Her goal: to prepare correspondence courses, teach arts and crafts for the same radio school that gave her an education during...
...Mutual's Skutt, heading off compulsory Government health insurance is not the real satisfaction of his job. That satisfaction he finds in working out new ways of attaining old objectives. "In the old days," he says, "when a person got sick, he looked to his neighbors for help. Now, in our more complicated society, that is usually not possible. We like to feel that we are the good neighbor...
...Person to Person (CBS, 10:30-11 p.m.). From New York: Soprano Eleanor Steber, star of the Metropolitan Opera's remarkable new production Wozzeck. From Columbia, S.C.: Politico James F. Byrnes...
...first glance, the varsity fencing team's record seems good enough--seven wins and six losses, possession of the Arvanites Sabre Trophy, and the New England epee champion in the person of Jim Roberts. But, except for a fine upset victory over C.C.N.Y. in early February, the Crimson fared miserably against major opposition, dropping all five Ivy League matches...