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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Southeast Asian republic of South Viet Nam, Ike's invitation to make an official state visit was a triumph almost as great as Viet Nam's freedom is a shining vindication of U.S. foreign-aid policies. Less than three years ago Diem was a lonely, almost unknown Vietnamese patriot and onetime provincial governor living in self-imposed exile from French colonial rule-among other places, in the U.S., where he spent several years as a guest at Maryknoll Junior Seminary at Lakewood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATION: Foreign Aid Repaid | 5/20/1957 | See Source »

While he was being treated at the hospital for a head wound, the police removed a slip of paper from his jacket, photostated it, and returned the paper to the jacket--all unknown to Costello, who was explaining that he "did not have an enemy in the world." The slip of paper listed winnings and I.O.U.'s from an unspecified casino and slot machines, the total being nearly one million dollars...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 235 Pounds and Waddles | 5/16/1957 | See Source »

...loss of MacKinnon may be the most serious of the three, since he is the only goalie on the squad with game experience. Chris Stone, who will fill in for the ailing MacKinnon, is more or less an unknown quantity...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lacrosse Ten to Play Tufts | 5/8/1957 | See Source »

Three freshmen have built an "orgone accumulator," which, they claim, collects a nearly unknown form of energy that may prove of value in the treatment of several diseases, including cancer...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshmen Construct New Device To Accumulate 'Orgone' Energy | 5/7/1957 | See Source »

There is no speculation as to the outcome of tomorrow's match in these quarters, as the Holy Cross team is an unknown quantity...

Author: By Alan H. Grossman, | Title: Golf Team to Meet Holy Cross Squad Today at Worcester | 4/30/1957 | See Source »

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