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...social democratic leader said that what he called "fundamentalist socialists" believe in nationalization of industry. Calling himself a "pragmatic socialist," he held that "the majority of Scandinavian socialists don't believe in ideological phrases," and emphasized that the Norwegian government had never nationalized an industry, though it has taken an active part in developing new ones...
...Honolulu's Dr. Walter B. Quisenberry: Japanese men usually eat first, while the food is very hot; they drink scalding tea; they then drink more alcohol than their womenfolk. He also suggests that traditional stoicism may predispose Japanese men to psychosomatic stomach ulcers and later cancers. In the Scandinavian countries, doctors blame high rates of stomach cancer on diets rich in fish, with home-smoked fish particularly suspected in Iceland...
Probably the larger purpose of Khrushchev's threat was to intimidate Finland's Scandinavian neighbors, neutral Sweden and NATO allies Denmark and Norway. So far, the threat has failed, as was demonstrated at another luncheon meeting last week by Norwegian Foreign Minister Halvard M. Lange, who traveled to Moscow for talks. In a speech, Lange was publicly berated by Deputy Premier Anastas Mikoyan for Norway's NATO membership. Angrily, Lange rose to reply, saying in effect that Norway had no intention of withdrawing from NATO: "This is a political reality. The last war taught us that...
After eight years in the House of Representatives and 17 in the Senate, Warren Magnuson has not changed much. "He is," says a friend, "the ever-loving, good-time-Charlie Scandinavian come out of the woods on Saturday night for fun, sociability, and a yearning to spread joy." In the cave of winds that is the U.S. Senate, Magnuson speaks seldom, putters about the aisles with an unlit cigar clenched between his teeth. Says he: "If you've got the votes, you don't need the speech, and if you need the speech, you don't have...
...asked for a College "with some snobs and some Scandinavian farm boys who can skate beautifully and some bright Bronx pre-meds, with some students who care passionately about editing the Crimson or beating Yale ... Won't even our top-one-per-cent be better men and better scholars for being part of such a college...