Word: quietness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...AMERICAN MOVIEMEN REQUIRE PITH HELMETS, SALT TABLETS, QUININE PILLS TO VISIT THE CAO DAI CAPITAL, TAYNINH [to film The Quiet American-TIME, Feb .25]. THE CLIMATE IS SOMEWHAT SIMILAR TO A WASHINGTON SUMMER. PERHAPS THE INHABITANTS WERE MYSTIFIED BY THEIR STRANGE ATTIRE AND ECCENTRIC DIET...
...same day, Israeli tanks started rumbling north out of Gaza, while the first convoy of a 2,600-man, six-nation U.N. Emergency Force clattered in to take over the strip "for the purpose of maintaining quiet during and after" the Israeli withdrawal. At midnight Israel's one-eyed Army Chief Moshe Dayan met Lieut. Colonel Carl Engholm, UNEF commander in Gaza, in the town square. "Everything is going well," said Engholm. Less than 48 hours later, fast-moving General Dayan handed over the wrecked Egyptian gun positions overlooking the Gulf of Aqaba narrows, and Israel's army...
...system--the social, the athletic, and the esthetic. The simplest version of the social is to change one's name to Saltonstall or Roosevelt (Teddy's side, of course) and let the interviewer worry about the rest. A simpler and more satisfying method is to sit placidly (i.e., quiet ostentation) throughout the interview and then ask at the session's close, "How much does Harvard need for that new house? Daddy was wondering." Can't miss...
...Gates, son of a onetime president of the University of Pennsylvania, won two Bronze Star citations as a World War II intelligence officer, left active duty with the rank of commander. Appointed Navy Under Secretary three years ago, he made a name as a quiet, hard-working administrator and top assistant to Secretary Thomas. By boosting Gates to the Secretary's chair, Eisenhower again proved his preference for giving top-ranking positions to Administration juniors who have gone through a tour of on-the-job training...
Most spectacular part of the book is a collection of 248 color photographs (see following pages) showing the world at worship in its almost infinite variety-under spire and cupola, in unadorned home and amid Renaissance splendor, with plain, quiet face and behind garish ceremonial mask. Along with essays on the fundamentals of the six faiths, the book presents samplings of their scriptures. Standout among the articles: the introductory essay on "How Mankind Worships" by the late Dr. Paul Hutchinson. longtime (1947-55) editor of the Christian Century. Though an uncompromising enemy of the syncretistic idea that what mankind needs...