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Arts Course. For the first time, a multinational deterrent would allow Europeans to collaborate with the U.S. from scratch in targeting, contingency planning and control of atomic weapons; it would satisfy their acute desire for atomic know-how by giving them a thorough education in complex technological and financial nuclear realities. For both sides, it would provide an added, substantial token of U.S. determination to remain in Europe and defend its allies with the ultimate weapon, if necessary. Says a U.S. defense planner: "This is one thing that can put glue in the alliance...
...England" (Chappaquiddick off Martha's Vineyard?) to walk its sands while memorizing the whole play. Death took this gracious person, and he is grievously missed. The part of Choregos, which is probably the heaviest in the drama, was then assumed by Mr. Frank Hewitt Birch, who started from scratch without one word of Greek, sang Mr. Lodge's ingenious music most movingly, especially his lament for the King, and, at expiry of the final performance, fainted back stage. "Cold water on my face and a shot of whiskey in my gullet knocked me to my feet so I could take...
...opportunity instead of salvage. Since crude oil was cheap and abundant, he ordered Petrofina to forget production, buy its oil from other companies and concentrate on expanding its sales outlets. Petrofina expanded by buying up existing chains (such as British Cities Service), or by starting from scratch as in Canada, where 1,700 stations have been opened since...
...advanced technology of everyone else." Under Stratos, who is a son of one of the founders and son-in-law of the other, P.-P. has become so advanced that it now has technology of its own to pass on. The company's experience of starting from scratch helped it win a $20 million contract from the Sudanese government to direct the erection of a now completed textile complex at Khartoum. P.-P. also has a $300,000-a-year contract until 1971 to supervise the operation of the plant and train Sudanese in textile making...
...Union of Bavaria, whose chairman is none other than Franz Joseph Strauss. Adenauer could not fire his Defense Minister outright. Instead the Old Man proposed that all the other Cabinet ministers follow the Free Democrats' example and resign. That way. the Chancellor could build a new Cabinet from scratch, with a new Defense Minister...