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Impatient at the tendency of any peacetime armed force to think only of "what it did best in its last war," Gavin compares the Maginot Line, the French elaboration of their World War I trench tactics, with the present-day U.S. preoccupation with bombers and bases. A peace-or-bomb world would be a simpler place to live in, says he, but various Communist aggressions since the Korean war prove that it is not that kind of world. And once his much loved Army has added its potential to the strength of bombers, "we must learn to think...
...even a jingle judge. "It was easy-throw out the dirty ones, and the one that was left was the winner," remembers Mike. He took acting lessons from Broadway's Methodman Lee Strasberg, then in Chicago teamed with Elaine ("extremely rude, a very dark bohemian girl in a trench coat...
Lester Pearson, Canadian ex-External Affairs chief and Nobel Peace Prizewinner: "No progress will be made if one side merely shouts 'coexistence' . . . while the other replies 'no appeasement' . . . Our policy and diplomacy is becoming as rigid and defensive as the trench warfare of 40 years ago . . ." There ought to be "frank, serious and complete exchanges of views-especially between Moscow and Washington-through diplomatic and political channels...
...Radcliff" is an unbelted trench-coat in natural color. It has concealed buttons under a front panel, large pockets, and a pointed collar. For extra warmth, it boasts a button-in lining of loden green wool...
...laundry-bill conscious lass, Stephens has put out a dacron and cotton trenchcoat that is guaranteed washable. It is also wrinkle-resistant. White trench-coats are being shown, too--impractical but awfully attractive...