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...partial recompense for U.S. deliveries. He was to see that none of the $5.3 billion, in the shape of potential war materials, filtered through the Iron Curtain, and that the 16 nations tidied up their economies in a way that suited the U.S. But he was given the widest latitude, chiefly because no one knew exactly how to plot ECA's course beyond the visible horizon...
...political rumpus. In Philadelphia last week to lay a wreath on Benjamin Franklin's grave, he was stopped by a man who proudly showed him a "Draft Eisenhower" button in his lapel. The General said: "Take that thing off and throw it away." But he wore his widest grin as he said...
...from Thursday, October 23, until December 7, a galaxy of scholars will flock to Cambridge to join in a celebration which a Modern Language Center official terms "the most complete and the widest in appeal of the many such commemorative programs being hold throughout the country. It is perhaps no exaggeration to say that the Harvard program is unsurpassed by any being held in Europe, including Spain...
...neophyte singles oarsman must spend at least ten minutes on the practice rigs before he is allowed to take the safest of three available single-blade boats at Weld--the wherry. The wherry is the widest of the three, measuring 19 inches in width. The single scull is the narrowest at 12 inches and in between is the compromise--or comp--at 14 inches...
Staffers on France-Soir, the brightest, brassiest and widest-read daily in Paris, are used to the boss's violent temper tantrums. It is a dull day in the grimy, ill-lit building near the Place de la Bourse when only four or five storms blow out of the tiny office where tiny (5 ft. 2 in.) Editor in Chief Pierre Lazareff sits, guarded by two doormen and five secretaries...