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...baring his economic fangs to the extent of a four month quasi-embargo on the expert of vital foodstuffs to Bolivia, Argentina's dictator, Juan D. Peron, has succeeded in sweating an important trade contract out of mineral-rich Bolivia and has added another balky satellite to his growing sphere of influence. The pact was ostensibly signed in an aura of good will and mutual agreement, but actually was achieved through a complete strangulation of Bolivian economy. Dependent on Argentina for ninety percent of its wheat and sixty percent of its meat quota, the newly democratic government unwisely flaunted...
...Armies." Now they had their heads together again. Each had managed somehow to "escape" postwar Germany and to get airplane bookings from Paris into their Arab sphere. Fawzi chuckled as he told how he and his tall, 26-year-old German wife had almost been in British hands in Palestine, where there is a ?2,000 price on his head. Their Paris-to-Cairo plane made an unscheduled, hour-long stop at the Lydda airport, surrounded by British cops. Their names were on the flight list, their baggage plainly marked. But no Briton came near the plane as they...
Though it is only one of many attempts at religious cooperation and is primarily limited to the inter-Protestant sphere, the Massachusetts Council of Churches may serve to illustrate the modern trend. Almost all of the Protestant seets which do not belong to some other similar seet are members. The Council is part of a much larger Federal Council, and is itself the unofficial headquarters for several smaller municipal organizations. Although extensive, its fields of activity are primarily social. It appoints chaplains to state institutions, coordinates social and clerical work, forms and publishes opinions on current legislation and provides religious...
...venture in the field of religious cooperation this council is a decided success. It has achieved a large measure of concerted action, thus considerably increasing the effectiveness of Massachusetts Protestanism in the sphere of social betterment. In fact, the success of the Council indicates a broad and bright future for cooperative religious effort in general, even without the prospect of theological unity...
Probably the most sensational come-back in the sphere of post-war revival has been made by the Harvard Dramatic Club. By announcing that the leading lady in their production of "Adam the Creator" would be clothed in three fig-leaves, news of the Sanders Theatre opening was carried on wings of news wire to every English speaking paper in the world...