Word: return
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...strength of the labor unions. Although many of his soldiers have confided to me their willingness to attack the Dominican Republic in a two-pronged blow at Batista and Trujillo, Castro himself professes no knowledge of any such plans. His manner, moreover, suggested that Batista's threat to return to Cuba at the head of 10,000 troops need not even be taken seriously...
...with which they won their freedom. The name "barbudo" (beard) is derived from the fact that most of these men wore long beards and or curly hair. The beards are currently being retained by most of Castro's followers as a symbol of their identity, at least until they return to the distant agrarian provinces from which they were recruited...
...Behind the Scenes of DeGaulle's Return to Power" is the topic of tonight's coffee hour sponsored by the Young Republican Club at 7:30 Adams House Lower Common Room. A. Nicholas Wahl, instructor in Government will speak on the subject he was able to study closely last fall...
...young Marek Hlasko, 26, most gifted writer of Poland's restless postwar generation, life in West Berlin was a succession of binges. Ever since he refused to return to his Communist homeland (TIME, Oct. 20), he had been lionized in Berlin's literary salons. His blond good looks and his unpredictable James Dean moods made girls eager to comfort him. In a surge of euphoria, Hlasko would cry: "Writing is a wonderful occupation, almost as good as drinking!" Or, cryptically: "I can't dream about immortal fireflies, but I can fight for human freedom." Then depression would...
...manned space platform. Cook engineers are working on recovery systems for Atlas and Thor missiles, and on the triple-nosed Cree rocket, designed to eject parachutes at altitudes up to 150,000 ft. and speeds as high as 3,040 m.p.h. The goal: parachutes that will permit the return to earth of a man-carrying space capsule. In Cook's sprawling research labs, another team of engineers is working with its big cobalt 60 facility, testing for lubricating oils and ceramics that will withstand the heat and radiation produced by atomic aircraft. One of Cook's biggest jobs...