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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...world, on Palm Sunday 1948, was gripped by the contest between hope and despair. It was symbolized in two cities of faith, Rome and Jerusalem. In Roman churches, amid a fateful battle to save Italy from Communism (see FOREIGN NEWS), priests substituted olive branches for the usual palm branches, to express their hope that peace would prevail. In Jerusalem, the tradition?.! procession from Bethany to Jerusalem's gate was canceled, because of the new spurt of fighting in the Holy Land...
About once a week, the Greek government declares all-out war on the Communist guerrillas. But last week, Greece's 88-year-old Premier, Themistocles Sophoulis, seemed grimmer than usual. He signed an emergency decree empowering the government to requisition houses and factories, conscript any man or woman, including doctors and nurses. Nightclubs were closed. Execution of some 1,500 jailed and condemned rebels got going in earnest...
...Berlin one day last week, the Allied Control Council was, as usual, deadlocked. For two hours, Russia's Marshal Vasily D. Sokolovsky kept being disagreeable. Then, suddenly, he rose. "The Control Council," he said, "no longer exists as an organ of government. . . ." He walked out of the room, followed in a body by his 16-man staff. Said General Lucius D. Clay: "A deliberate discourtesy...
Students in the College can eat at the Union only, and they must either sign for board at the usual weekly rate of pay by coupon...
...those who will stay in Cambridge next week, the University will try to make life as simple as possible. The Union and Graduate dining halls will serve during the period, and except for the swimming pool, all athletic facilities will operate as usual...