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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...maximum of bureaucratic annoyance upon his allies. The actual force involved-some 30,000 tons of naval shipping, including a single aircraft carrier-was militarily insignificant, plays little part in NATO's Mediterranean war plans, which turns around the U.S. Sixth Fleet and its powerful nuclear punch. For public consumption, virtually every Western foreign office took a stiff-upper-lip attitude. So did NATO's General Lauris Norstad (whom De Gaulle dismisses as a military johnny-come-lately...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: The Old Game | 3/23/1959 | See Source »

...worse ones than most of the characters, and only one song that he has a chance with. Rupert Hitzig, playing Lorentz's romantic interest, is also hampered by too much dialogue and a weak singing voice. He tries hard with the one song he has that packs any punch, "Lost Another Man," but effort, unfortunately, is not enough...

Author: By Alfred FRIENDLY Jr., | Title: Busy Bodies | 3/19/1959 | See Source »

...items without much regard for inventory costs, obsolescence of models or parts. In its place they aimed at shortening pipelines from manufacturers, installed carefully scheduled air-and sea-lifts and huge computers (including the encyclopedic UNIVAC), tied their depots and control points with a network of electronic transceivers that punch cards automatically with orders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMED FORCES: Big Ed's Goodbye | 3/9/1959 | See Source »

...himself. Hagan ranks fifth in the scoring race, averages 23.7 points a game. Says New York Knickerbockers Coach Fuzzy Levane ruefully: "Before you even start a game, these two guys are going to get 60 points against you." Together, Pettit and Hagan form the most fearsome one-two scoring punch since the days when Mikan and Jim Pollard led the Lakers to five championships in six years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Jumping Man | 3/9/1959 | See Source »

Convinced of its chances to win, Yale will play a more open game than last year, taking chances and forechecking, rather than laying back and trying to keep down the score. With a first line of three excellent hockey players, its scoring punch has increased substantially, even within the last two months...

Author: By John R. Adler, | Title: Sextet to Play Strong Yale Squad In Game Tonight at Boston Arena | 2/28/1959 | See Source »

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