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...ten-year sentence would scarcely affect Moranino in his Prague sanctuary, where he lives with a Communist mistress and runs the Communist radio program beamed at Italy. But it was a verdict long overdue on the crimes of many another Communist who put his party above his country even in wartime...
...counted out by all but sentimentalists. But there was another Kelley in contention-Boston University Student John J. Kelley (no kin to John A.)-and also a Natick, Mass, schoolteacher, Nick Costes, to give the U.S. a chance for the Patriots' Day laurel wreath. The younger Kelley, a ten-year veteran at 25, had finished fifth in 1953, seventh in 1954. Costes had placed a strong third last year...
...million for a 5% increase and another peak. Said Cordiner, casting a sharp eye at the overall economy: "Instead of talking about a possible slowing-down, we should be making a vigorous effort to catch up with our long-term opportunities. It now appears that many of the ten-year projections made for the economy in 1952 will be realized in seven years. Before the decade is half over, we are three years ahead of our projections...
Died. Lieut. General Eduardo Lonardi, 59, who overthrew the ten-year rule of Argentina's Strongman Juan Peron in last year's five-day revolution, served as provisional President for 50 days, until ousted by a palace coup (TIME, Nov. 21) for his moderate attitude toward defeated Peronistas; after long illness; in Buenos Aires' Central Military Hospital. Soft-spoken General Lonardi spent a year (1947-48) in Washington as Argentina's representative on the Inter-American Defense Board, was forced out of the army in 1951 for allegedly plotting against Peron. Jailed for eight months...
...graduates of a ten-year school can continue their studies, however. In fact, it is increasingly difficult to get into either an institute or a university. Technically, a student with all A's (or 5's, in the Russian system) can gain admission. Nowadays, however, this is no longer enough for the bigger universities. Most of them have started accepting only those students who have received a special gold medal for their-preparatory work or those who do well on a special examination, called the "concours." For provincial universities and institutes, however, the A's are still enough...