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...moved to keep faith with the gallant rebels by offering economic aid "very fast" if requested, by placing before the U.N. Security Council "the situation in Hungary." In-extraordinary Sunday session the Council voted 9-1 (Russia) with Yugoslavia abstaining, to put the complaint on the agenda for prompt debate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATION: The Sound of Gunfire | 11/5/1956 | See Source »

...most part, Nixon cut his own pattern of what he would say and do, but he kept in close touch with the White House and Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington. Only twice did Washington's Republican strategists prompt him on major matters: once to suggest that he get a little rougher with Adlai Stevenson, once to urge him to drop his valid point that free-enterprise technological advances will one day lead to a four-day work week in the U.S. It was a tough point to get across, and some Administration and G.O.P. brasshats thought it sounded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE VICE PRESIDENCY: The Realized Asset | 11/5/1956 | See Source »

Arthritis of Rheumatic Fever. Now readily dealt with, in most cases, by prompt treatment of the rheumatic fever with aspirin and hormones of the cortisone family, and the use of penicillin to prevent recurrences. For all practical purposes: under control...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Those Aching Joints | 11/5/1956 | See Source »

...carbutamide or tolbutamide tablets may help a vast number of diabetics: persons in middle or late life, usually those of a rather heavy or stocky build, whose disease is relatively mild and stable: 80% of such patients get prompt relief. If the drugs do not work, the patient can be put back on insulin immediately with little or no harm done. A rough-and-ready guide to indicate who may benefit from the new tablets if and when they become available for general prescription use: patients who normally need 40 units of insulin a day or less...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Pills for Diabetes | 10/29/1956 | See Source »

...Hopper '24, associate professor of Government, feels that it is most important that the United States should, "keep quiet, and let Poland settle it." He said that any American statements or actions at this time might be construed as interference in the affairs of the satelites and could prompt the Russians to resort to force...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Polish Uprising Called Critical Test of Soviet Satellite Control | 10/24/1956 | See Source »

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