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...Hill appeared to provide a neat answer: build housing there for the younger Faculty, so that they could have relatively inexpensive homes close to the University. Planning for 120 units of junior Faculty housing at a cost of $1.5 million went ahead. By May 1955, Pusey was ready to unveil the plans to a gathering of the neighbors around Shady Hill...
...including the bombing halt and troop withdrawals, have been "responsive to views expressed in this room." Accordingly, he asked delegates of all nations to turn their "best diplomatic efforts" to persuading Hanoi to make a few concessions too. The delegates, apparently disappointed that the President had failed to unveil new plans for peace in his speech, applauded perfunctorily and did not accord him the standing ovation normally given to heads of state...
Annual model changes are not merely a tradition with U.S. automakers: for years they have been considered an important ingredient of the industry's sales success. Now, as Detroit begins to unveil its 1970 passenger cars, it is clear that this year's styling changes will be distinguished for their modesty. The proliferation of models in years past, the rising cost of retooling and added emphasis on safety have all contributed to the automakers' reluctance to tamper with last year's line...
...spawned Apollo, and Soviet competition can be expected to spur other U.S. space ventures. Several Russians have recently emerged from a sealed chamber with self-contained life-support systems, after a year-the duration of a manned voyage to Mars. Moreover, NASA officials claim that Soviet scientists may soon unveil a rocket big enough to fly directly from earth to the moon, land and take off again. Such brute-force spacemanship might convince the U.S. that, as Von Braun maintains, "Russia still wants to beat us in space." If that happens, the money spigot would probably open wide again...
...moviemaking, and few want to. "I've still got the same attitude I had when I started," he likes to boast. "I haven't changed anything but my underwear." Therein lies his personal color-and his professional drabness. Is there still a chance for him to unveil his talent? "That would require a lot more exposure of himself," says Actress Polly Bergen. "And he's not sure that he likes what's inside him, which is a shame." Not to Mitchum. Rich, languid, self-hating, self-loving, he can make a claim shared by only...