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...this year's squad does not have such scoring prowess, and if it does not develop some decisive play in the offensive zone, the season could be a bleak...

Author: By Frederick W. Byron jr., | Title: B.C. Overcomes Varsity In Hockey Opener, 3-1 | 12/1/1958 | See Source »

...election of the Pope has been suitably commemorated by cover pictures on both TIME and LIFE. In view of the Roman Catholic Church's prowess as a money-making organization, I think it would be a mistake not to put his picture also on the cover of FORTUNE...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 1, 1958 | 12/1/1958 | See Source »

...friends-Pakistan's filly-following Delegate Aly Khan and Opera Outcast Maria Callas-squashed her in with socially correct shoulder blocks. Later, contemplating a frothy dinner she hosted (in another friend's apartment) for magisterial Austrian Conductor Herbert von Karajan, Elsa sighed publicly about her people-nabbing prowess: "Why, I wonder, am I blessed with such friends?" neglected to add an answer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Dec. 1, 1958 | 12/1/1958 | See Source »

Neither East nor West can be credited with a victory at the Exposition. The tactics of the two major powers in their pavilion propaganda are vastly different. Russia has presented a formidable and rather frightening demonstration of her industrial and military prowess. The United States has tried the "soft-sell"; technical exhibits are well-hidden and the emphasis is on "the American way of life." As to which is more effective, that is purely a matter of personal taste...

Author: By Martha E. Miller, | Title: Impressions of the Brussels Exposition: Diversities, Faults Typify 'World, '58' | 10/4/1958 | See Source »

...systems evaluation group is studying the problem, is scheduled to make recommendations to the Joint Chiefs of Staff by next month. «I Can the U.S. still afford to be tied to a procedure that prohibits the use of defensive atomic weapons without a presidential order? As the warmaking prowess of the enemy advances and consequently shortens the reaction time needed for the-U.S. to defend and retaliate, continental-defense commanders believe they should be authorized to use any superweapon in the U.S. arsenal at an instant's notice.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Questions for Debate | 6/16/1958 | See Source »

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