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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Miscalculation." Last week, in just such an exercise of military futility, some 200 British ground troops (infantrymen of the Cameronians and the 15th/19th King's Royal Hussars) were not only in action in Oman, but had been forced into a brief but prudent retreat. Casualties among British regular forces: six cases of heat prostration...
...once he showed the sense of belonging, the respect for the Senate as an institution that has long characterized the true Senator. He memorized the 40 rules of the Senate; then he set up regular sessions with the Senate parliamentarian to study the precedents. As the years rolled on, Dick Russell became such a master of Senate procedure that Illinois' Paul Douglas once said: "I yield, though my knees are knocking, to one of the subtlest men and one of the most able field generals who ever appeared on the floor of the Senate...
...Massachusetts that their states be designated "disaster areas" requiring emergency federal aid, thus offered little hope to New Jersey and Maryland farmers who are also suffering a crop-searing dry spell. The New England drought situation, said the White House, is "distressing," but "considerable" relief is available under regular agricultural programs...
...motets, developing the counterpoint with the honed accuracy of an efficient cable-weaving machine. Under the conducting of Kurt Thomas, 53, who made his debut as the group's cantor (i.e., choirmaster) only four months ago, the tone was rich and powerful, the movement of sound clear and regular. An audience of 2,000 Bach lovers gave Thomas and his singers an ovation...
...number of regular Harvard students at Summer School this year is 374, against only 61 Radcliffe girls. Yale continues on its wistful way by sending 36 students, Dartmouth contributed 10, and Princeton only...