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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...push his way up the gangplank with four imperial Stetsons for the Crown Prince and his party, and California's Governor Earl Warren. Akihito waved to them all from the bridge. He shook hands with the governor, read another statement in Japanese ("I shall never forget the magnificent sight of the Golden Gate Bridge, the tranquillity of San Francisco Bay, and the beauty of the city as seen from the sea"). In the midst of the shipboard ceremonies, the Prince took time off for a snack of hot dogs, hamburgers and potato salad...
...dockhand turned diplomat, rocked him with the question: "What do you know about workers?" Bevin waved his big, work-callused hands in Molotov's reddening face, and demanded: "Show me yours!" The Communist Foreign Minister, whose hands are soft as a banker's, kept them out of sight...
...year ago I had a no-quarter debate with Howard Fast before the Yale Political Union. I am happy to report that the Yale undergraduates seem to have survived the sight of Mr. Fast without fatal contamination; that their sharp and intelligent questions showed how clearly they saw through his arguments; and that they felt by a whopping majority that the anti-Communist side had the best of the debate. I can add that Mr. Fast said nothing that evening that my ten year old son could not handle on a bad day (and I suspect that Mr. Robeson impersonating...
...simple game, this water shooting, but an intricate sport requiring a special set of arms, with new models appearing annually. Most popular of the latest crop is the blood-red "shorty" model, easily palmed out of sight and fired from the hip. Its blunt barrel is designed for the lazy gunman who lacks the energy to fire further...
Schlesinger told of a debate he had with Fast before the Yale Political Union last year. "I am happy to report that the Yale undergraduates seem to have survived the sight of Mr. Fast without fatal contamination; that their sharp and intelligent questions showed how clearly they saw through his arguments; and that they felt by a whopping majority that the anti-Communist side had the best debate...