Word: standardized
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...puppet or a victim of colonialism. He fought with all the arms he could get-from the U.S. or anywhere else, and with a wise program of social and economic reform. Magsaysay won because he fought. He was not enchanted when the Reds pulled their standard ruse of asking for negotiation and coalition when they got in trouble. He made a personal-but no political-deal with Taruc. And Taruc, his forces beaten and scattered, gave himself...
...dispute set off the strike late last month at the U.S.-owned United Fruit Co.'s port of Puerto Cortes. Because there are no recognized unions (they are banned by law), no one expected the strike to spread. But laborers quit first at United Fruit Co., then at Standard Fruit & Steamship Co., finally in most of the area's shops, factories and mines. With breathtaking efficiency they organized local strike committees...
Visitors at the biggest festivals will hear much of the same excellent music from the standard concert repertory that they heard during the winter at home. In Prades (June 7-20), the Casals Festival will offer Beethoven chamber music (top visiting artist: Rudolf Serkin). At Amsterdam, The Hague and Scheveninge (June 15-July 15), visiting conductors will lead the Concertgebouw, The Hague Residentie and BBC symphonies. At Bayreuth (July 22-Aug. 22), Wagner's two grandsons will mount seven of the master's music dramas. Salzburg (July 25-Aug. 30), as usual, will specialize in Mozart, but will...
...Middlebury after World War II, during which she had to protect 21 girls from over a thousand men on a base in New Guinea. Noting that a diploma is only so good as a school's reputation, she says, "We of my sex want the privileges of a double standard without any of the responsibilities...
...cost of purchases with the supply of dollars in Europe. But the balance of payments is possible only because foreign countries have deliberately curtailed their purchases of needed materials from the United States. Limiting the intake of necessary items slows the recovery program and results in a lower standard of living, making these nations more vulnerable in their fight against Communist propaganda. What makes the situation particularly dangerous is the impending drop of nearly three and a half billion dollars in aid. In order to keep the dollar gap closed, foreign countries will be forced to increase their restrictions even...