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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Cabinet. When told they were about to be visited by the chief of the Emergency Cabinet, Colonel Husein answered: "We'll listen politely, but continue on our chosen path." Both Husein and Simbolon said that they felt Sukarno was on the decline, indicated quite openly that they would prefer to see him replaced with someone else, possibly the Sultan of Djokjakarta. They also want to see Mohammed Hatta, a Sumatran currently on the outs with Sukarno, made Vice President or Premier. The alternative was a fragmenting of the country, with oil-rich Sumatra seeking some kind of autonomy. Said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDONESIA: Listen Politely | 5/6/1957 | See Source »

...Lincoln Was Shot, I was so afraid he would go to the wrong theater. What was the name of that beautiful man who shot him?" "John Wilkes Booth." "Yes, I liked him very much!" Does Nancy like any other Americans? "Your freedom fighters ... the people who have left, and prefer to live abroad." And does Briton Mitford like Britons? "Not to live amongst," snapped Nancy. "I much prefer the French...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Apr. 29, 1957 | 4/29/1957 | See Source »

...sister was sort of sacred when Frank Merriwell went to Yale. There have been changes since. Cramming on summer vacation from Hawley School, A.D. 1935, future Yaleman McGough, G. F. turned to future Yaleman Baxter, C. K. and said: "Now, about this sister of yours, Baxter. Which does she prefer, rape or seduction...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Long Way Home | 4/29/1957 | See Source »

Although Norman W. Smith, Jr. '58, president of the Harvard Young Republicans, favored merger with Radcliffe, the Radcliffe group's head, Ellen FitzPatrick '59, said she would prefer that separate organizations be maintained...

Author: By Martha E. Miller, | Title: 11 Student Groups Favor Full 'Cliffe Membership | 4/29/1957 | See Source »

...goes to the United Nations it must go with its own ideas hammered out . . . that means that you determine, though you may not announce, your own policy before you take it into this community of nations. Otherwise we shall have international affairs dominated by numbers. I much prefer to have them dominated by ideas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUSTRALIA: Disseni from a Friend | 4/15/1957 | See Source »

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