Word: redness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...shocked thugs who operate the Triad tried psychological retaliation: they put up posters protesting police brutality, many of them signed ominously, "People's Republic of China." But Hong Kong police went ahead anyway last week, convinced that Red China, 15 miles away, was unlikely to intervene on behalf of dope pushers and other spivs, who if caught in Red China for similar activities could get death sentences from the People's courts...
...Education (chaired by Irving S. Olds, former board chairman of U.S. Steel) reported this week that last year's corporate gifts to colleges were up 23.5% from 1956. Unrestricted gifts, the educators' favorite type, led the list with 34% of the total, and even a few red-ink companies kicked in. But the council hopes that corporate giving is still in its infancy. Donations to education by the sample companies amounted to only .27% of net income before taxes, said the council, and total corporate gifts, an estimated $136.5 million, amounted to only one-sixth the aid from...
...RED TRADE TROUBLES in West Germany are growing as German firms refuse to abandon traditional sources to buy Soviet raw materials under 1959 trade protocol calling for 50% increase in Russo-German trade. Germans speculate that Soviets will recall their trade councilor in disgrace because of program's failure...
Fish Finder. A small (6 in. in diameter), portable fathometer depth sounder for amateur fishermen, which flashes a red signal when a small boat passes over a fish, was put on sale by Raytheon Co. The device, small enough for use on a canoe or raft, sends out ultrasonic signals that fish cannot hear, is powered by a self-contained battery...
...Blue Angel (20th Century-Fox). "Could a man have a better reason for throwing his life away?" ask the big ads for this glossy U.S. remake of a 1930 German classic. The answer the admen clearly expect from every red-blooded male is: No, not when the "reason" is long-limbed May (rhymes with thigh) Britt, Hollywood's newest sex goddess. This is not the answer they are likely to get from anyone who saw Marlene Dietrich in the original Blue Angel...