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From the reports of Correspondents Bell and Stevens, the cover story was written and edited in New York by Associate Editors Michael Demarest and Edward Hughes. The answer to what kind of spring, and what kind of thaw, has come to the Russian people will be found in THE WORLD, A Longing for Truth...
...thaw (the real one, that is) was at its height in Moscow last week. Ice floes were in full flight down the river. At last the Kremlin's onion domes were bare of snow. In Sokolniki Park, small boys whooped after model planes and grownups silently drank up the sun. It was the time when, Chekhov wrote, "spring is ready to enter the soul...
...shadow war in South Viet Nam, a coup d'état in Syria. Almost unnoticed was an event of moment among the towering peaks of the Himalaya Mountains (see color pages), where India is struggling to hold back Red China's hordes. The event was the spring thaw...
...cold-war truism that any real break in the ice pack must come from the Kremlin-and recent drips of thaw have raised hopes that Russia may actually be ready for the break. How realistic are such hopes? Part of the answer can be found in the history of past disarmament negotiations, atomic test-ban talks, and attempts to achieve peace in the world through the medium of summitry...
Second Season. Europe traditionally has two skiing seasons. The first runs from Christmas to Twelfth Night; the second is now under way. (In between, there is a thaw in both snow and prices, and the Alpine slopes are shunned by everybody who is anybody.) In late February, the snow again reaches powdery perfection, and the hotels in old established places in Austria, Switzerland, Italy and France are booked to the ridgepoles...