Word: reached
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Four foreign-ministers' meeting in Lugano, Switzerland. That note, apparently drafted by underlings in Foreign Minister Molotov's absence, was patently a blunder. Its truculence "shocked the world," as the U.S. State Department put it; any neutralist could plainly see that the Russians did not want to reach agreement with the West...
...waited to see what the government would do. Then one day last week some 1,000 red-capped policemen simultaneously raided 25 Dalmia offices and executive bungalows. They seized hundreds of ledgers, sealed the accounting rooms, and mounted 24-hour guards over the premises. Dalmia himself was temporarily beyond reach: he was in Europe consulting specialists about the health of his children...
Total gifts and pledges in the drive to date reach $840,000. The bulk of the contributions have been in the James Bryant Conant Foundation, established by the Corporation last May in honor of the President-emeritus...
...taken over the famed Douglas Skyrocket, first flown by Test Pilot Bill Bridgeman in 1947. Last week the Skyrocket, with Crossfield at the controls, was dropped from a B-29 at 32,000 ft. above Muroc Dry Lake. After following a careful flight plan (climbing so as to reach high altitude with a minimum expenditure of fuel), Crossfield nosed over and flew practically level under full power. The machmeter, which measures speed in multiples of the speed of sound, went slightly above Mach 2. With the air temperature down to about 67° below zero F., this meant that Crossfield...
Plans are still tentative, but it is believed that a solution similar to last years, with students receiving half-price tickets, will be reached. During the 1952-53 season all men with athletic coupon books were given half-price tickets for the Boston Arena. If the Garden and the H.A.A. reach terms, a bursar's card will be worth one-half the price of a seat...