Word: scandinavia
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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After long study, Dr. Thalbitzer was convinced that some at least of the faults of language in the Kensington inscription may be normal for the period. At the end of the 14th Century, he says, the languages of Scandinavia were in decay and confusion. Latin letters were replacing the ancient runes, dialects were changing rapidly. These language changes, he decided, might account for the peculiarities of the Kensington Stone...
NATO's front, like the ocean sector it is named for, stretches from the Arctic to the Mediterranean. In the northern and central sectors, General Dwight Eisenhower and his fellow commanders have a solid organizational line, running from Scandinavia through Middle Europe. But on the southern flank, NATO ends with Italy. It does not embrace Greece and Turkey, the guardians of the eastern Mediterranean...
...general folk dancing will be led by E. Eddy Nadel, director of the Harvard Folk Dance Society. It will include the Viennese waltz, polkas, the Swedish hambo, schottisches, and figure dancing from America, Germany, and Scandinavia...
Ahead of him are more Runyon Fund tours, to Italy, Scandinavia, possibly Israel. And this week Sugar Ray is settling down to the serious business of getting ready for a title defense against British Empire (and European) Middleweight Champion Randy Turpin next month. Turpin, at 23, is a real challenge to the champion, a fighter with the power, if not the ring-wise skill of Robinson himself. In 50 fights, young Turpin has been beaten only once (by France's Jean Stock). Since he won his title last October, Turpin has knocked out seven opponents in a row, including...
...free world," said Fulbright. "Are we now prepared for the unlimited requirements of the third world war? . . . Are our allies ready? ... Is today or tomorrow the most favorable moment for the U.S. and its allies? . . . Shall we gain Chiang Kai-shek and lose Britain, France, Italy, the Low Countries, Scandinavia, Greece and Turkey...