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...just the question of who is right, but who has most power, was at issue this week in the U.S.'s battle of wills with stubborn old Syngman Rhee. When it came down to it, Rhee had an imposing show of power. How to counter it was the subject of a conference called by Mark Clark, and attended by Army Chief of Staff J. Lawton Collins, Eighth Army Commander Maxwell Taylor and Far East air and naval commanders. Clark & Co. decided that Rhee could...
...Henry Major) Tomlinson is a gentle ironist of 80 with the face of a benign gnome surprised at his own meditations. In his day, this mild Londoner has been bracketed with Conrad as a great writer of the sea, with Thoreau as a stubborn searcher for truth. Beginning with his first book (The Sea and the Jungle) in 1912, a whole generation of critics gushed over his prose style, and not without reason. It was a vehicle that could take a reader anywhere and leave plain tracks in the memory for a long time to come...
...cheers died away, Old Dan Reed was on his feet demanding a showdown. "I'm not surrendering!" he shouted, shaking his fist. "Let's get the vote now and see where you stand. Stand up like men!" The House stood up and cheered honest, stubborn Dan Reed. The Democrats, who appreciated the trouble he had caused the Republicans, cheered the hardest...
...three Air Medals for flying 38 missions in Korea, Marine Captain Ted Williams, 35, on military leave from his $100,000-a-year job with the Boston Red Sox, was ordered back to the U.S. In order, Panther-Jet Pilot Williams is expected to receive 1) treatment for a stubborn ear-and-nose ailment, 2) his release from service. Baseball? Says Ted: "It [will] be one tough struggle to get back into shape...
...Stubborn Sterilizer. A new germicide that will keep surgical instruments sterile for months has been put on sale by Chicago's U.S. Movidyne Corp. Odorless, tasteless and colorless, a few drops of movidyne inside a canteen or food container will sterilize its contents for several weeks, despite repeated refillings and daily washing. Price...