Word: roundly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Rome (1 day, 22 hours): Airport greeting from Italy's President Giovanni Gronchi; conference with Italy's Premier Antonio Segni (who has long complained privately that the U.S. takes loyal ally Italy for granted); round of official lurches and dinners (nothing more formal than black tie on the whole trip); private Sunday audience with Pope John XXIII, after which Ike will leave the Vatican by helicopter for the airport...
With Nkrumah at his side, Philip moved gamely through a six-day round of sightseeing. At Accra's Nautical College, he had the appropriate words of praise for the new 150-man Ghanaian navy, which last week got its first craft-two British minesweepers. Resplendent in his white field marshal's uniform, Philip stopped off to present new Queen's colors to the trim Ghana regiment's 3rd Battalion; he also visited the headquarters of the air force, which now numbers 17 cadets. Politely, the duke inspected the ambitious new harbor project at Tema, 18 miles...
...Offenbach's La Péri-chole. Last week the Met unveiled a dazzling production of another Strauss operetta, The Gypsy Baron. While it might please properly champagned New Year's Eve audiences, the Met's Gypsy is more than half a failure for ordinary, year-round consumption...
...touchdowns. "One of the greatest players to come out of the Southwest since Sammy Baugh. Can throw off-balance, long or short. Has a great edge because he is tall and can see over the line." While the scouts admire Penn State Quarterback Richie Lucas for his all-round ability in both passing and running, they rank him behind Meredith because he falls short of outstanding mastery in either-and mastery in a specialty is a prerequisite for the pro. Sure to be drafted: Notre Dame's George Izo ("He has a pure arm on long passes, there...
...cost of living will rise only slightly, probably 1½% on the BLS index, unless a steel settlement touches off an inflationary round of price increases...