Word: successful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...spectacles. There was the turbaned Moslem strolling unconcernedly down Fifth Avenue; the sight of Russia's Molotov, convoyed by a squad of bulky, grim-visaged MVD agents; the group of berobed delegates gulping down şişkebap in a midtown restaurant. The U.N. meetings themselves, at Lake Success, were almost as good as the Dodgers at Ebbets Field...
...biggest news from Lake Success last week was that Russia seemed to accept the principles of international "control" and "inspection" in troop inventories and disarmament, including abolition of the atomic bomb and other possible weapons of mass destruction. But when the Russian proposals were closely examined, Britain's handsome, able Sir Hartley Shawcross, who had been the British prosecutor at Nürnberg, branded them as snares & delusions...
...Lake Success, Molotov told U.N. that Russia not only favored disarmament but was willing to accept (subject, of course, to the veto) inspection and international control of disarmament enforcement. That was related to such phenomena as the fact that inflation, a symptom of production shortages, is mounting in Russia. (In September a single food price jump trebled the cost of eating...
...college. The veteran may consider himself fortunate to be clear of that chain of command that formerly made decisions for him. But with the blessing of external freedom has come the impact of an over-severe self-judgment which has focused itself narrowly upon the accepted standards of academic success. So, for many, life at Harvard has come to mean a regimen of eating, sleeping, and studying...
...sprint department a good deal of the team's success depends on the now doubtful participation of Doug Pirnie, a returned veteran who holds the University record in the 220 of 21.3 seconds set in 1941, who, under pressure of extra responsibilities may not turn out. Lacking Pirnie, Bob Cameron will probably lead the field, though a newcomer Harry Thayer is showing promise...