Word: scandinavia
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Sounds from Sweden, Vol. I (Leonard Feather's Swingin' Swedes; Prestige LP). Some remarkably up-to-date jazz imported from Scandinavia by Jazz Expert Feather. Rain on the Roof and Moonlight Saving Time are rather stiff, but Swedish Butterfly and September Serenade are stylish bits of rhythm...
...G.O.P. Presidential Candidate Dwight Eisenhower's statement that "beyond pure Socialism lies pure dictatorship," old (67) Socialist Norman Thomas, himself a six-time presidential election loser, shot off a bristling letter to Ike. Main point: "Do you think you will get [the aid of Socialist Britain and Scandinavia] in the defense of Western Europe or of the world by the kind of blanket affirmation that you made...
...T.W.A.: A 46-day "grand tour." Stops in 21 cities of "eleven nations, including Scandinavia and the Low Countries, with three days in London, three in Rome and four in Paris. Price: $1,388.10. ¶ Pan American: A "ten-day special." Four days in England, including London, Oxford, Stratford-on-Avon and Warwick Castle; four days in Paris, including a trip to Versailles. Price: $617. ¶ Sabena: Two weeks in Belgium, Holland, England and France, including a motor trip through Holland, excursions to Windsor Castle and Versailles. Price: $642. ¶ Scandinavian: A 23-day tour taking in London, Paris, Amsterdam...
Valley of the Eagles (Rank; Lippert), filmed largely in northern Scandinavia, is noteworthy for a breathtaking sequence in which Laplanders hunt wolves with giant trained eagles. Almost as dramatic is a reindeer stampede in a blizzard...
Many correspondents anticipated the wires, started gathering reports immediately. London Bureau Chief Andre Laguerre sent wires to 20 stringers (part-time correspondents) in Britain and Scandinavia. He pulled all his correspondents off the stories they were working on, assigned Dave Richardson to watch London developments, stationed Honor Balfour at the House of Commons, called Cynthia Thompson from her home (she had retired from TIME'S London staff six weeks ago) to work on a story about the King's illness for the Medicine section, set Joan Bruce to digging up some of the unusual prerogatives of the British...