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...Impasse. The scene, as so often in the past, was the autobahn corridor that passes through Communist-ruled East Germany between West Berlin and West Germany. As a routine function, Soviet guards stop U.S. troop convoys at checkpoint stations, count the soldiers-and then wave them...
...last week. At roughly the same time, a 61-troop eastbound convoy and a 73-troop westbound convoy rolled into the autobahn's Marienborn checkpoint. Russian guards not only stopped both convoys but ordered that all the U.S. personnel get out and line up for head counts. Then came one of the oddest impasses of the cold...
...have confirmed their intention to enter today's cross country race which will begin at Newell Boat House at 4:30 p.m. The 'Cliffies will be given a ten minute handicap. All other teams of five or more can enter and will be given suitable handicaps. Just follow the troop of 'Cliffies to Newell Boat House...
...line that the connection at the far end often becomes inaudible. Pre-arranged codes do not help. "You know that hardware I was telling you about?" said Daniel Harker on such a call. "Well, it's shifting." He was cut off in midsentence, and his report on troop movements did not get through. Once, after trying vainly to get half a dozen numbers in the U.S., Harker's predecessor bellowed in exasperation: "You mean to say that all the phones in the United States are out of order?" Replied the Havana operator sweetly...
Fire from the Belly. In Britain's finest hour, Low spurred the nation on. "All behind you, Winston," read the caption beneath one famous wartime cartoon, showing the Prime Minister at the head of a troop of resolute Britons, rolling up sleeves against the dirty job ahead. This must have pleased Churchill mightily; in other times, he had been one of Low's particular targets. "You can't bridle the wild ass of the desert," said Churchill after one painful portrait, "still less prohibit its natural heehaw...