Word: reached
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...reflection [TIME, July 15], "If television and radio are to be used to entertain all of the people all of the time, we have come perilously close to discovering the real opiate of the people," is coincidental to Carl Sandburg's statement [TIME, June 17], "When we reach the stage where all of the people are entertained all of the time, we will be very close to having the opiate of the people...
...triumph was short-lived. Last week a jury found Tough Boy Dio guilty on state charges of bribery and conspiracy in soliciting $30,000 from two complaisant Brooklyn electroplating firms in return for "labor peace." After one all-night session, the jurors sent word they could not reach an agreement, but General Sessions Judge John A. Mullen sent them to a hotel for rest and sober second thoughts. The guilty verdict opens Dio to a maximum sentence of two years in prison and a fine...
...oilfields, the flow of new capital into North Africa would ensure rapid industrialization, dispose of many of the troubles now besetting the impoverished Moslem population. So the Sahara riches at once became a reason why some Frenchmen want to hang onto Algeria at all costs, and others want to reach a compromise with the Arabs. Either way, without peace in Algeria, the Miracle of the Sahara could easily become a mirage...
...Barnabas speaks to the audience as though addressing one of his biology classes--an effective solution indeed. For Part III ("The Thing Happens") Moss drew largely on the final portion. In Part IV (the long-winded "Tragedy of an Elderly Gentleman") and Part V ("As Far as Thought Can Reach"), he concentrated on the first and last sections...
Although Shah agreed that Communism is not a serious threat, he said it did have a fair amount of influence and might cause trouble in the future. Particularly if more and from the free world does not reach Pakistan. Religion, the major reason for the Communists' lack of success, does not fill empty stomachs, he said, and Communism is waiting to feed. But, Shah added, "Pakistan is openly on the side of the free world...