Word: shortly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Noyes: "It is such a short distance that we never wear coats, we often wander across in slippers and pajamas even in mid-winter...
...headed summary of the case for defending the Nationalist-held islands of Quemoy and Matsu during the Formosa Strait crisis in 1954-55. Over Ike's protests, Anderson left Washington in 1955 to take over the presidency of sprawling Ventures, Ltd., a Canadian mining firm, where in a short time he rang up a reputation for good sense and audacity...
...onto a yellow marker on the White House lawn. Correspondents duly noted the executive mansion's, first helicopter landing.* But the practice descent marked something else as well. Air Pioneer Dwight Eisenhower was the first President to use a light plane (the twin-engined Aero-Commander 560) in short hops, e.g., to and from his Gettysburg farm. Now Ike is ready to employ the air age's newest child in civil-defense evacuation and in flights of convenience over Washington's heavy ground traffic, especially to and from the National Airport. The search for machine...
There are two good short stories in the latest Advocate, one by graduating Bob Cumming, the other by ex-undergraduate Alan Broughton. There is also a story by Sallie Bingham which won the Advocate Prize, and five poems by assorted authors...
Walter Kaiser's seems better than the rest because there is less verbal ellipsis and it is easier to read. His short lines and simple words also give his work a pace which is pleasant...