Word: zoning
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Partition. A demarcation line and demilitarized zone roughly six miles wide shall run at about the 17th parallel of latitude along the Benhai River. (South of it, still in non-Communist hands, lie valuable Tourane seaport and air base and the only free main road into Laos...
After 72 years the British were resigned to quitting the troubled Suez Canal Zone; the Egyptians would be happy to see them go. Last week, for the first time since talks collapsed nine months ago, shirtsleeved negotiators sat down together, cooled by a single fan, in a rented Cairo villa. At last they seemed to be getting somewhere...
Give & Take. This time the British offered to evacuate the zone completely, leaving only 1,000 caretaker technicians who would be civilians, clad in mufti. The Egyptian military junta presided over by Colonel Abdel Nasser gave way a little too: formerly they would only allow the British to reoccupy the base in case of danger to any Arab state; now an attack on NATO partner Turkey would be sufficient grounds. The other outstanding differences could be settled if the atmosphere stayed friendly: the British ask two years to evacuate the zone and Egypt is offering less than 18 months...
...gave Willie the instincts of a ballplayer," explains Leo Durocher. "All I had to do was add a little practical advice about wearing his pants higher to give the pitchers a smaller strike zone. Otherwise, I let Willie's instincts alone. Hit the kid a fly with a couple of men on and he'll peg to the right base without thinking. Maybe I'll tell him where to play for this or that batter, or when to wait out a pitcher. That's all. Hell, I learn about baseball just by watching...
...overlook the plight of their ill-doctored countrymen and do not actually discourage transfers to Communist Germany. Said the association's secretary general, Dr. Joseph Stockhausen: "When doctors . . . ask us about the contracts the Communists are offering, we try to explain the terrible needs of the Eastern zone-as well as the risks. What else...