Word: zone
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...struggle for Germany and Europe, trailed off in angry mutterings; Finland had a breathing spell . In France, the Communists were hanging back, not sure what to try next. Even Greece was relatively quiet. The most exciting action in which Communism (allegedly) had a hand occurred far from the battle zone, in Bogota (see LATIN AMERICA...
...Totals exceed 100% since those interviewed in the survey were invited to make two choices. Some were undecided or gave no answer. Their number: Britain, 2%; France, 12%; Switzerland, 20%; Italy, 4%; U.S. Zone of Germany...
Masses of Spies? On scant (24 hours) notice the Russians last week bluntly informed the Western Powers that henceforth a new inspection policy would prevail on travel through the Soviet zone which encircles Berlin. Russian officials would board all military trains, inspect passengers and papers, pick over cargoes...
Blandly, at first, the Russians spelled out the ostensible reason for such severities. They were decreed "in the interest of expediting travel." Then egg-bald Colonel Alexander Tulpanov indicated why the Russians were jittery. He thundered to a German audience: "Spies from the British and American zones come in masses to Berlin and from there into the Soviet zone to carry out economic, political and military espionage...
Frankfurt was picked as the site of the two-year, $240,000 experiment mainly because it is in the heart of the U.S. zone. Some German scholars had grumbled that 34-year-old Frankfurt, one of the newest German universities, was too "young" for the honor of being first to get U.S. professors since Hitler. This complaint cut no ice at Chancellor Robert M. Hutchins' 56-year-old Chicago, youngest of top U.S. universities. Eventually other American lecturers will teach at Munich, Heidelberg, Bonn and Marburg...