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Nuclear war, carried to holocaust, may yet scour the plan-Earth; the "ultimate deterrent" may become, in Julian Huxley's phrase, the "ultimate detergent." But it is a valid interim observation that The Bomb seems to be keeping peace quite effectively among its possessors, bearing out ChurchiII's ironic comment that he "looked forward with great confidence to the potentiality of universal destruction." Illogically, the general feeling that nuclear war equals suicide or surrender has induced a similar sentiment among some that any war is unthinkable. But a Pentagon count of conventional wars since 1945 adds...
...palace was thoroughly bare. So did Czech Art Historian Jaromir Neumann, 40-at first. While studying inventories, Neumann found discrepancies suggesting that some old masters might still be lying around. And he found them-coated with dirt and varnish that has taken 22 restorers 2½ years to scour off. Now these 74 noble remnants, mostly from Rudolf II's collection, are on view again, some of them back in the marble-floored stables of Prague's Hradčany (see opposite page...
...Bunting had told a Holmes Hall audience Thursday of her directive to all personnel offices "to scour the Boston area for qualified Negroes to fill vacancies." The director of housekeeping at Radcliffe, Mrs. Dorothy S. McAndrews, confirmed that since President Bunting's letter was received any qualified Negro who applies for a job is hired...
Speaking before about 40 girls, she said that she has told all personnel offices to "scour the Boston area for qualified Negroes to fill vacancies...
...combination of Filene's Basement's pricing policy and its unceasing search for bargains, both of which were originated by Lincoln and Edward Filene, the famed brothers who made Filene's one of the world's largest specialty stores. Filene's 60 buyers scour the world, picking up surplus stock, irregular merchandise and going-out-of-business wares. Filene's is a haven for other merchants who are hit by fire or failure; its buyers will fly off even in the middle of the night to close a deal. It deals regularly with such...