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...matter how stubborn Ulbricht may seem, his country's westward trade drift is inevitable. At least 30% of East Germany's exports and imports are with Western nations-and of that, one-third is with West Germany. In the wee hours of the morning, even Walter Ulbricht must admit to himself that his country can only benefit by importing the vastly superior, much more varied products put out by the Germany on the other side of the Wall...
...TIME-LIFE Books in introducing a new series devoted to summarizing and displaying this diversity. The opening volume in the TIME-LIFE Library of America, out this week, is The Pacific States, covering California, Oregon and Washington. The author is Neil Morgan, a Californian who in 1963 published Westward Tilt, a much-acclaimed study of the region. TIME-LIFE'S The Pacific States contains maps, travel and nature information, museum listings. Above all, it contains an account of "the restless edge of American society"-an edge that we at TIME have often explored. In his preface, Poet-Critic Kenneth...
...consequences of the Kennedy development, but there has been ample speculation: land values around the site will inevitably rise, and the competition for potential building sites will become increasingly intense. Over the long run, the prospect is for major redevelopment all around the Library site, and specifically more growth westward along Mt. Auburn...
...that he had on when he left Russia-he was no longer charged with being an accomplice to a murder. The Czech press stopped referring to him as a U.S. spy. Instead, he was accused of having recruited agents for French intelligence and helped people cross the Czech border westward from 1948 to 1950, almost 20 years...
Since mid-September, the hot, arid "Santa Ana winds" had whistled westward through the mountain passes half a dozen times, raising Los Angeles temperatures to unseasonable levels, unnerving residents, roasting the hillside shrubs and trees until they were tinder dry. As the winds rose once again last week, the stage was set for disaster...