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Debate between the supporters of the two rival resolutions had droned on all week. Lebanon's Malik sprang a surprise: he announced that "with good conscience" he would vote for both resolutions. The weight of his speech, however, was on the side of the U.S. resolution. The delegates, he said, could do one of four things...
...rolls, puffs and switches to be in high style. Nessler's permanent changed all that; women could forget about their waves for months at a time. As acceptance of his wave grew, prices came down. Beauty shops, of which there had been only some 3,000 in 1908, sprang up everywhere...
...hope that sprang in the United Nations following yesterday's conciliatory message from Peiping was a strong argument against the United States proposal to brand Communist chins as an aggressor. If the purpose of the U.S. proposal was to push the Chinese into a more tractable attitude than they had previously shown in their dealings with the United Nations, then it has already succeeded. But if its purpose was to end all negotiations between Peiping and the U.N. until the Chinese had publicly repented and withdrawn their troops from Korea, then it was doomed right from the start...
...large portrait of Garibaldi. From under beetling brows, the old revolutionary soldier looks down on two municipal workers: Ostilio Iotti, 26, whose wife is rich but not pretty, and Santina Caffani, a widow of 30 or more. Together they keep the village records and accounts. Last summer a rumor sprang up that Ostilio and Santina were more to each other than coworkers; the sofa in the registrar's office was often mentioned in these rumors...
...November 14, Miss Labenow was given the information for the story by several council members who requested that their names be withheld. Miss Labenow's idea for the story sprang from a statement at an open council meeting that President Jordan would have tea with the council to discuss the "Great Issues" course project further...