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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...created," he said, "it will have to be created soon. There are strong forces working to bring this unity about. But there are contrary forces working to prevent it, and it would be illusory to think that the occasion would always be there." His talk of suicide referred not so much to immediate military threat as to the historical war-breeding potential among West Europeans themselves. The EDC plan was drawn up by the French, the Germans and other Western Europeans, and not by the U.S., Dulles went on. It has become a significant symbol of "whether there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WESTERN EUROPE: Strong Words | 12/21/1953 | See Source »

There are Frenchmen who will go to almost any lengths to prevent German rearmament under EDC. Much of this sentiment exists among the nationalist adherents of Charles de Gaulle. Last month the bitter general himself said that France "is still an ally of Russia in case of German menace," and last week another Gaullist cried that "America's attempts to push France into EDC are really pushing France into the arms of Russia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: Hearts & Flowers | 12/21/1953 | See Source »

...other details to be thought of as well. It would be necessary, Bedrich reckoned, to line their traveling space with tar paper, to throw sniffing police dogs off the scent. They would need an escape hatch in the floor of the car, and a system of air vents to prevent suffocation. In case this failed to work, son Marian promised to provide a tank of oxygen from the lumberyard machine shop. During the next five months, while Marian checked him in daily on the lumberyard time clock, Bedrich Cech made four exploratory trips checking train times and routes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CZECHOSLOVAKIA: Clear Track | 12/14/1953 | See Source »

...shortly after the Corporation ruling of 1762 there are indications that the College did allow some theatrical activity. For in 1765 the regulation was explained "as not to prevent such exercises as shall be performed under the direction of the President and Tutors." Following this there is in the Faculty Records for the '60's a notation that "This day was the Public examination and the Overseers being present, Oliver and Antington were allowed to exhibit a scene in Terence before the Committee, they desiring it, but in Private, in the library none being present but the Committee, the President...

Author: By J. ANTHONY Lukas, | Title: Harvard Theater: Puritans in Greasepaint | 12/10/1953 | See Source »

Rust Cover. A paint which will prevent further rusting when spread over a rusted surface was put on the market by Sealube Co., Wakefield, Mass. Price: $5.45 a quart, enough to cover...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOODS & SERVICES: New Ideas, Dec. 7, 1953 | 12/7/1953 | See Source »

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