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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Then after a study of student conditions in East Berlin, later published, Sigmund flew via Athens to Ceylon for an international student conference with Algeria the first order of business. "We finally recognized the Algerian student organization, though not until the French walked out. Still the French were rather used to walking out, and not just from student meetings...

Author: By John B. Radner, | Title: Around the World | 3/14/1959 | See Source »

...Verdi, who had already received one of the handsomest premiums ever offered a composer, was persuaded not to burn Falstaff. Along with the originals of Verdi's 26 other operas, it was long stored in Milan in a plain brownstone office building at No. 2 Via Berchet, not far from La Scala. The opera house is more famous, but the office building has done at least as much to shape the rhapsodic flow of Italian music. Its name: Casa Ricordi...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: House That Giovanni Built | 3/9/1959 | See Source »

Teams from the Debate Council and Cambridge University in England will debate this afternoon via trans-Atlantic cable. Arguing in a semi-humorous vein on "Resolved: That this house thanks God for the Atlantic," will be James Lorenz '60, John Ferren '59, and Gregory M. Harvey '59 for Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: International Debate | 2/26/1959 | See Source »

Changing Ears. Without the telephone, the nation's business and pleasure would come to a virtual standstill. In Washington, the world's talkingest city (70 telephones per 100 persons v. New York City's 53.8), President Eisenhower can have instant contact with any Cabinet member via a black and gold phone on his desk. In the Pentagon the world's largest switchboard handles 270,000 calls a day from more than 50,000 telephones. Two telephones (a red one connecting with U.S. bases, a black one with overseas bases) at Strategic Air Command headquarters would flash...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UTILITIES: Voices Across the Land | 2/23/1959 | See Source »

Having defeated Columbia the previous night without the services of Bob Bowditch, the Crimson appeared to be able to do without him. But when his able replacement, Dave Grayer, fouled out with five minutes left, the varsity was in trouble, especially as Bob Repetto followed Grayer to the bench via the same route shortly thereafter...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cornell Five Downs Varsity Squad, 67-63 | 2/9/1959 | See Source »

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