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Dates: during 1940-1949
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As in the case of Jerusalem, the result in the General Assembly was a grandiose deal. The Latin American bloc, favorable to Italy, voted to put Somaliland under Italian control for ten years, with independence promised at that time. To appease the Arabs, Libya was promised freedom by 1952, with...

Author: By David L. Ratner, | Title: BRASS TACKS | 12/16/1949 | See Source »

The membership also voted to empower the executive board to approve a resolution supporting the brief of Richard Wallach '49 1L to the State Commission on Education attacking St. Benedict's Center.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Peabody Reports Big Gift to AVC | 12/16/1949 | See Source »

Richland's inhabitants, for the most part, seemed fairly satisfied with their lot. But the city's young Mayor David McDonald, an earnest, 34-year-old atomic chemist, missed the leavening of free enterprise. It was little things that set him thinking. Once he tried to stop some...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ATOM: Model City | 12/12/1949 | See Source »

Experts called it the biggest atomic news since the end of World War II. The Atomic Energy Commission revealed last week that it is now considered practical to build a nuclear reactor which will "breed" more atomic fuel than it consumes.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Breeding Atoms | 12/12/1949 | See Source »

The commission is sure the converter will work. The theoretical calculations are complete; the engineering designs are almost complete. No fuel has been bred so far because the reaction will not work except in a full-scale plant. A $3,500,000 plant will soon be built at Arco, Idaho...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Breeding Atoms | 12/12/1949 | See Source »

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