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Previously, a cablegram from General Eisenhower was read in an effort to gain approval for the bill. Eisenhower, in favor of the program, declared that the nation has an obligation to train its young men to defend themselves. He cited past wars in which the nation has been caught relatively...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: House Sends UMT Measure Back to Committee Stage | 3/5/1952 | See Source »

It an atom bomb were to hit Boston tomorrow, it would find the University prepared to feed, house and bed displaced persons. If the bomb happened to strike in Cambridge, it would find the University totally unprepared to combat its effects.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Civil Defense Committee of University Working To Protect Harvard from Possible A-Bomb Attacks | 2/8/1952 | See Source »

Well, explained Mossadegh, there is talk that the Shah's twin sister has been working against him. And he had just received reports that the Queen Mother was sending refreshments to members of the opposition camped out in the Majlis building. He was not only going to resign, said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IRAN: To Quit or Not to Quit | 12/31/1951 | See Source »

There is no plot complication; if the play had to rely simply on its plot, it would probably fall flat on its face. It is rather a situation, simply stated, and then exploited. Briefly it deals with a woman who has met the man she is in love with before...

Author: By Herbert S. Meyers, | Title: Fancy Meeting you Again | 12/6/1951 | See Source »

New Polo Sticks. Faced with British firmness, and unprepared for it, Egyptians reacted with disillusionment and consternation. Nahas Pasha's cabinet was in trouble. Having promised to get the British out of Egypt, if necessary by force, he could not perform his promise. Egypt's under-equipped 80...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MIDDLE EAST: A Shaky Do | 10/29/1951 | See Source »

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