Word: rocke
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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GEORGE H. BENJAMIN Little Rock...
...more than his flinty visage, more than his granitic words of advice (see below). In Konrad Adenauer the nation perceived a solid faith that the only way to preserve the West against Communism-smiling or unsmiling-is a steadfast pursuit of the policy of strength. Measured by Adenauer the Rock, it was clear how far the Western allies have drifted since Moscow began its seductive foreign policy aimed at neutralizing Germany and confusing her Western allies...
...week's end the President took fresh bearings on the Rock and messaged West Germany's President Theodor Heuss: "We know that so long as unity in freedom is withheld from the German people . . . there can be no permanent security in Europe." The occasion for the President's cable befitted his theme: it was June 17, 1956, third anniversary of the celebrated day of revolt when East Berlin boys fought Soviet tanks with stones...
...Poison. Music U.S.A. has only a handful of taboos: no "physically suggestive" lyrics; nothing that might be racially offensive (Conover never identifies his Negro performers as such), and absolutely no rock 'n' roll. Says Conover: "I see no reason to poison the ears of overseas listeners...
...touted by Russians, will come to U.S. after all. After Dresser Industries failed to get Commerce Department permission to import high-speed Russian turbodrill in exchange for U.S. technical information (TIME, May 28), Dresser signed agreement to manufacture and market almost identical French drill supposed to cut through rock ten times faster than rotary drills...