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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...BUSINESS). ¶ The defense reorganization bill, pushed through a balky Congress by the Administration, was a solid step toward solving the Pentagon's problems. And the historic transpolar voyages of nuclear submarines Nautilus and Skate were sharp reminders -along with three satellites aloft, and a spectacular series of record performances by U.S. aircraft-that the nation is much farther along in technological progress than it seemed in the flap after Sputnik I. ¶ President Eisenhower's decision to send U.S. troops to Lebanon diverted public attention from the Adams-Goldfine affair -and boosted the President's popularity...
Brazil. When tough-minded new Finance Minister Lucas Lopes took charge eight weeks ago, he found that his predecessor had run up a record six-month deficit of $168 million. Clanking presses were turning out inflated new currency at top speed (2.5 billion cruzeiros in both April and May, 1.8 billion in June). Lucas Lopes trimmed nearly $75 million from the current budget and even managed to take a symbolic batch of 7,204,800 cruzeiros out of circulation. He revamped the ruinous coffee-price-support program by making only token payments for low-grade coffee. Despite complaints from...
...consistently. Conley has yet to win a game. Rush did not finish a game in twelve straight starts. Buhl came up with a shoulder injury, has not pitched since May 13. But Manager Fred Haney's youngsters, carefully nurtured in the talent-rich farm system, were ready. The record at mid-August...
...liner notes on the new record describe the musician: "A short man growing slightly stocky, bald, Napoleonic. Smokes cigars. Can drink four framboises after dinner with no decline of intellectual focus. Never eats breakfast. Is generous with money. Could organize and run even the French government. Was a choir boy . . . Has nervous blink . . Lives near Paris' Place de la Bastille (in an old building; you expect to find J.J. Rousseau sitting in bed writing when you enter...
...Oriental cultures. Today Old Master Igor Stravinsky, 76, admits that Boulez has influenced even him, regards Le Marteau as the "most [attractive work] from a composer of the younger generation." He adds simply: "I like to listen to Boulez." So will the more adventurous and patient among U.S. record buyers...