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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...thinking of it in terms of a Congress or a Parliament on a grander scale. As a means of exchanging ideas and ideals, it is a fine organization, but it would be far better if it were physically located in the Soviet Union, where a free exchange of this type would be a novel experience for the population. As an arbiter in maintaining law and order, the U.N. is a howling bust. Moral indignation has saved few people from a firing squad...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 17, 1956 | 12/17/1956 | See Source »

...correspondents in Damascus watched some 3,000 Syrian volunteers parade with oily new Czech-made Tommy guns, and had a look at artillery and tanks newly arrived from Soviet-bloc countries. The Syrian army chief firmly denied that Soviet-type planes had arrived recently in Syria. Syria, an economically sound if politically unhealthy nation, is getting arms cut-rate from Russia, and paying out of current funds. Unlike Nasser's Egypt, which has mortgaged perhaps half of its cotton crop to pay for Communist arms, Syria is in little danger of having its exports cornered by the Russians (Syria...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SYRIA: Open House | 12/17/1956 | See Source »

...portable little brother, the chest respirator, is that they make the patient breathe in a fixed rhythm and give him just the same amount of air each time. Now researchers at Nashville's Vanderbilt University report an electronic device which can be hooked up to either type of respirator and lets the patient breathe more naturally-when his own nervous system dictates, and as deeply. It works by electrodes taped to the chest: they pick up electrical nerve impulses intended for the paralyzed breathing muscles, divert them to an electrical amplifier which controls the machine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Capsules, Dec. 17, 1956 | 12/17/1956 | See Source »

Some selection committees can also be harder than others in the type of questions they ask the candidates. Some make it a routine interview ("Why do you want to study at Oxford?") while others make it tough ("What's the worst book you've ever read?"; "When did you play poker?"; "What time is it now at the North Pole...

Author: By Andrew W. Bingham, | Title: 'Instincts to Lead' Important Test In Selection of Rhodes Scholars | 12/15/1956 | See Source »

Shaplin, a two-term member of the group which has virtual control over school appointments and budget, charged that the majority railroaded the appointments through without consulting the Superintendent of Schools or considering the applicants' qualifications. The Committee waived a rule requiring Civil Service-type examinations...

Author: By George H. Watson, | Title: Shaplin Threatens Legal Proceedings Against City | 12/14/1956 | See Source »

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