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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...generals and admirals understood perfectly well that it was desperation that brought the Chinese and North Koreans to the conference table. Some on the U.N. side suspected from the first that the enemy did not intend to make peace, but only to win a breathing spell. The U.N. made it plain to the Communists that the fighting would go on until the armistice was signed and sealed. The U.N. morale was high; the prevalent attitude was that the enemy would have to toe the line if he wanted a truce. The State Department thought the truce talks might last...
...Galveston, Texas. The part of the plodding, unhappy Wozzeck went to Italian Baritone Tito Gobbi. Milan admired them both. Another successful touch was the scenery; instead of going in strong for realism, Designer Gianni Ratto made his sets shadowy and changeable, to keep the audience under the emotional spell of Berg's music...
...Right-Winger Pinay in as Premier. Last week, on the eve of a vital confidence vote in the Assembly, 47 Gaullist deputies (out of 118) told General de Gaulle that they would no longer blindly oppose Pinay, but would vote according to their own political consciences. This decision may spell the end of General de Gaulle's hope of being elected to power in France...
...hired an old friend (and original backer) named Harry Crocker, a member of the pioneer California family, to be his greeter, public relations man and, possibly, alter ego. As Crocker knows everyone in California and Mike finds it difficult to remember any name (he once forgot how to spell one of his own aliases), this move should pay off. And it will be necessary for Mike to have someone like Crocker on hand in California if his latest venture pans out: to do over Duveen's former five-story art gallery in Manhattan and open up Romanoff...
...three stood fast for five more rounds. Then one girl missed herbaceous. After that, with only two left, the rules changed a bit: to win, the contestant had to spell not only whatever word her opponent happened to miss, but the next word on the list as well...