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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...would lose. Even if West Germany were to leave NATO, the Russians would not be satisfied: the only kind of unification they could tolerate would be a united Communist Germany. This was said with the usual Communist implication that history is on their side, and they have only to wait. Perhaps the Kremlin's leaders believe that history will so oblige them; but other explanations are possible. Their decision to keep Germany divided is also an admission that they cannot control even their own section of Germany except by suppressing freedom in it, and to risk a free test...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GENEVA: Cold Finalities | 11/21/1955 | See Source »

This fall, Yale bought property which three New Haven high schools now occupy adjacent to the Eli campus. Under its contract with the city, the university must wait until New Haven builds new high schools before it can take over the buildings and land. This will not be before the summer of 1957 and Yale has made no definite statements concerning the use of this land. However, about the only other large and empty areas adjacent to the campus and suitable for a new college are the Grove Street Cemetery and the New Haven Green; both seem unlikely choices...

Author: By John H. Fincher, | Title: Yale's Non-Expansion Policy: 'Normalcy' First | 11/19/1955 | See Source »

...feeling that humor is deliberately being withheld from him. At times the audience sits, wanting to laugh at Fernandel's lugubrious countenance, but, for long minutes, potentially ludicrous situations remain tantalizingly un-laughable. When these scenes finally reach a point of saturation, however, they are doubly humorous for the wait...

Author: By Frank R. Safford, | Title: The Sheep Has Five Legs | 11/16/1955 | See Source »

...same time, however, a member of the Russian Research Center here cautioned students against "packing their bags too soon" The source, who wished to remain anonymous, said the decision to give American citizens unrestricted passports was not significant in itself. "We should wait to see whether the Soviet Union makes it easier to get visas before planning for far-off trips," he said...

Author: By Bernard M. Gwertzman, | Title: U.S. Decision Square Plans For Travel Inside Russia | 11/10/1955 | See Source »

...Funny, my eye," roared the host. "Wait till you see what he says about you girls. He makes you all sound like a bunch of overcompensating sexpots...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Guys & Dols | 11/7/1955 | See Source »

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